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| <title>Running the Examples from Source</title> |
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| <section name="Running the Examples from Source"> |
| <p> |
| The process for running the the examples from source is quite simple. We have |
| supplied an embedded application server |
| (<a href="http://jetty.mortbay.org" title="Jetty Java HTTP Servlet Server">Jetty</a>) which |
| can be run directly from your IDE. Note that you are not obligated to use the embedded |
| server; you can compile and deploy to any application server of your liking. |
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| <p> |
| The steps for deploying and running the examples from the source distribution can be outlined |
| as follows: |
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| <ul> |
| <li>Download the distribution</li> |
| <li>Unpack the distribution to your workspace</li> |
| <li>Create the <code>war</code> archive</li> |
| <li>Deploy and run the examples</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The following sections will elaborate these steps further. |
| </p> |
| <subsection name="Download the Distribution"> |
| <p> |
| In order to build the examples from the distribution you need to |
| <a |
| href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119783&package_id=138752"> |
| download the latest distribution |
| </a> |
| from a mirror close to you. After the download you have to unpack |
| the archive which will give you |
| <ul> |
| <li>a directory containing all necessary libraries</li> |
| <li>a directory containing all sources, including a Jetty configuration file</li> |
| <li>a directory containing some basic documentation.</li> |
| <li>an ant build file</li> |
| <li>a maven project file</li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
| </subsection> |
| <subsection name="Integrate into your Workspace"> |
| <p> |
| Copy this directory structure to your workspace and update your IDE to use this directory as a project. |
| For instance, you could instruct the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org">Eclipse</a> 'New Java project' wizard |
| to create a project in the directory of the Wicket examples. Let Eclipse figure out what the source |
| directories are and which libraries are needed on the classpath. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| For other IDE's your milage may vary. Just make sure that you do the following: |
| <ul> |
| <li>add all jar files in the <code>lib</code> directory to the classpath</li> |
| <li>add the <code>src/java</code> directory as a source directory</li> |
| <li>compile the sources using your IDE, or using the supplied ant build file</li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
| </subsection> |
| <subsection name="Running the Examples"> |
| <p> |
| Try to find the <code>wicket.examples.Start</code> class in your IDE. |
| This class has a <code>main()</code> method which starts the embedded server. Run this |
| class. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In Eclipse, you can just select the <code>src/java</code> directory, and select <code>'Run as -> Java application'</code> |
| in order to run the examples. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The only thing you *really* need to take care of is making sure no other application server is |
| using port 8080, otherwise the embedded application server is not able to start. If you are not |
| able to stop the other application server, you might consider changing the port setting in the |
| <code>src/etc/jetty-config.xml</code> file to another port number. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Now the only thing left to do is pointing your browser to: |
| </p> |
| <source> |
| <a href="http://localhost:8080/wicket-examples" title="The Wicket Examples running on your machine">http://localhost:8080/wicket-examples</a> |
| </source> |
| </subsection> |
| </section> |
| </body> |
| </document> |
