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Overview
In this screencast we will show you how easy it is to import ONOS code into the IntelliJ IDE. This demonstration assumes that the ONOS code has already been checked out and preferably also built using the onos-build command.
Importing the project
To import the ONOS project, simply open IntelliJ IDEA and select: File… New… Project from Existing Sources
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At this point IntelliJ will complete the import process by building the project and indexing the source files.
Importing the settings
While the project is being processed, we can go ahead and import the recommended IDEA settings. We do this by selecting File… Import Settings… and then navigating to the ONOS tools/dev directory and selecting the idea-settings.jar file. We can complete the process by pressing the OK button.
Importing the Copyright header
Since ONOS is licensed under Apache 2 license, we need to make sure that all source files are properly decorated with the Apache 2 license header file.
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Then we will make sure that the newly created ONOS copyright profile is the default and we are done.
Navigating the source tree
At this point, the ONOS project should be fully processed and we are free to navigate and search the codebase.
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Right clicking on the DefaultDevice implementation we can select various options, including Diagrams... where we can select Show Diagram… to reveal the UML of the class hierarchy for the DefaultDevice class.
Executing unit tests
Most IDEs allow developers to execute unit tests directly from the work-bench. IntelliJ is among them. There are many different ways to do this. For example, right-clicking on a section of the source tree, will execute all unit tests contained within.
Conclusion
This was just a quick overview of how to import the ONOS source code into the IntelliJ IDE. I hope you found this useful and I look forward to seeing your contributions to the codebase.
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