The project does not enforce the use of a specific IDE, but rather, a set of guidelines that can be configured in an IDE. The examples and documentation focus on IntelliJ IDEA, and include some help for Eclipse. For other IDEs, developers should consult the documentation for the IDE of choice for specific configuration steps.
To get the best support out of your IDE, ONOS should be imported as a Maven project.
If you have no idea where to start, here are some instructions on how to install IntelliJ. The ONOS Screencasts page provides helpful videos on importing, debugging, and developing ONOS with IntelliJ.
Importing the ONOS Source
A helpful screencast illustrating the entire import process can be found here (the link to the video is at the top of the page). Assuming you have obtained the source code already, the following steps can be followed to import ONOS into IntelliJ:
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 ONOStools/dev directory and selecting the idea-settings.jar file. We can complete the process by pressing the OK button.
These settings have the JDK home setup for OS X (/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_25.jdk/Contents/Home
). For Linux, select File... Project Structure... SDKs... then edit the JDK home path for 1.8 to be /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
. If IntelliJ is throwing errors such as "cannot resolve symbol string", the JDK home is likely incorrect.
If IntelliJ is throwing errors like "The package 'org.onosproject.cluster' is not exported by the bundle dependencies," go to IntelliJ IDEA->Preferences. On the sidebar, under the Editor dropdown section, select Inspections. From there, search OSGi and under the dropdown, uncheck Package accessibility inspections and press OK.
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.
To configure IntelliJ appropriately, we will locate the header.txt file under ONOS tools/dev directory and copy its contents. Then, from IntelliJ preferences, we will select Copyright section and add a new new copyright profile. We will call this profile ONOS and paste in the previously copied header text.
Then we will make sure that the newly created ONOS copyright profile is the default and we are done.
As ONOS is a multi-module project, it may appear as a collection of many (about 50 at the time of this writing) projects beginning with "onos-". This is normal for some IDEs such as Eclipse. For a listing of the software modules that comprise ONOS, please refer to the Javadocs, or Appendix C of this Guide. |
If you're using Eclipse and see "Plugin execution not covered ..." errors about jacoco-maven-plugin and onos-maven-plugin after importing ONOS projects, follow these steps to eliminate those errors.
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