[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: Launch Configuration

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carsten Gosvig wrote:
> Hi
>
> I want to make a shared java launch configuration dependant on the 
> project it is shared/saved within, like in:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.localJavaApplication">
> <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" 
> value="net.gosvig.foo.Foo"/>
> <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" 
> value="${project_name}"/>
> <booleanAttribute 
> key="org.eclipse.debug.core.appendEnvironmentVariables" value="true"/>
> </launchConfiguration>
>
> This does not work. Eclipse seems to require that the value of the 
> PROJECT_ATTR is explicitly defined as the name of a project, not a 
> variable.
>
> Can anyone enlighten me on how I can make this work. I need a launch 
> configuration to be the same in all the branches of a given SCM module.

Can you explain why you are trying to write a launch config by hand 
instead of using the GUI to create it?

Eric