Question

I wanted to learn Java, as recommended by most of the people I downloaded “Thinking in Java” eBook and Source Code Example Lesson files from mindviewinc.com it’s download location is this http://www.mindviewinc.com/TIJ4/CodeInstructions.html

These files don’t work with Eclipse IDE for some reasons. So we have to build the files using the Build.xml file included in it’s source code (Honestly, I do not have any idea what does “build” means here)

I tried building myself but of no use.. It did started building but after reaching some folder it stopped and gave error to install jboss-osgi-installer-1.0.0.jar .. After downloading it, I had no idea what to do with it, so I double clicked it and it asked me the location to install and I installed it in the default location, which was C:\Users\Username/jboss-osgi-1.0.0 and when I tried C:\Program Files\Java** the installation gave error that “this directory cannot be written, please choose another directory!” but anyway I installed it in the default location and it installed..

and again when I tried to build it, it gave me the same error and asked to Install Jboss……. I’m stuck.. This is happening again and again, wasted many days and didn’t even crossed 100 pages of it’s pdf because of this reason. It’s a good eBook though.

I’m stuck in this from months… Please some one build it and make it like a project which could be easily and send me the project file, it would be really appreciated as I can not the solution to this anywhere on search engines..

Answer 1

Ok here’s what I did to succesfully import the sources found in the “accesss” folder of you code samples:

1. Download the javassist jar as per Bruce’s instructions, from here:

http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/javassist/javassist/3.9.0.GA/javassist-3.9.0.GA.jar

1. You must create an Eclipse project for the sources that are used as dependencies for most of the examples, that’s the sources in the “net” folder:

   • in eclipse make new java project.
   • select the “net” directory, copy it, then in eclipse select the “src” entry in the project you just made, right click on it and select paste.
   • after eclipse finishes and auto-builds, it will complain about the missing javaassist jar. Right click on the project ->properties->java build path (on the left)->libraries (on the top)-> add external jars… (on the right), browse and select the javassist jar from where you down load it.
   • now the “net” project should be ok in eclipse

2. Now let’s create the project for the sources in the “access” folder:

   • create a new java project in eclipse
   • Now, because Bruce structured his classes like crap, we’ll have to make the proper structure in eclipse for them. This means:
     a.create a new package called “access”
   • go to where your the access folder is on your drive, open it, select ONLY the folders (cookie2, desser, mypackage), copy them, then return to eclipse, right click on the “access” package u just made and click paste
   • now go back to the access dir on your drive, select ONLY the .java files (all of them, not the dirs), copy them, the back to eclipse, click on the src entry in the access project and click paste.

3. The access project in elcipse will still complain about missing classes form the “net” resouce. Right click on the project in eclipse->properties->java build path->projects (on the top)-> add(on the right)-> check the net project you created earlier-> click ok twice.

Now it should be ok

I hope you got the idea on how dependencies work in eclipse with this example.

For the other parts of you code samples, create separate java projects, add the classes to the proper package (create the packages if Bruce forgot to), and if you are missing external jars, go to http://search.maven.org search and download the jars. Good luck