[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Sharing .classpath file and creating classpa

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthony Frasso wrote:
> Hello, and thanks in advance for your help.
>
> I'm using Eclipse version 3.1.2, and working in a small team on a 
> project that uses JDK 1.4.2.  This is not my primary JRE, so in my 
> .classpath file, the following entry is created:
>
> <classpathentry kind="con" 
> path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JDK 
> 1.4.2 Update 5"/>
>
> I know how to create a classpath variable, but I'm not quite sure how to 
> create a variable to represent my JDK, so that we can share the 
> .classpath file in the repository.  Does anyone have any ideas on how to 
> go about this?

In the Installed JREs section of your Preferences, each JRE/JDK is given 
a user-editable name. The way to handle different configurations on 
different developer machines is to agree on a name for the desired 
JRE(s) (just as with a classpath variable) and then have each developer 
define a JRE using that name. If you look carefully at the .classpath 
entry, you'll see that the JRE name is used as the last part of the path 
attribute.

Hope this helps,
	Eric