Importing Essentials/Factions from Github

Hello.

I would like to import plugins from github onto eclipse so I can make them work better with my private server.

I know how to import projects from Github, and have successfully imported floAuction, edited it, and put a working version onto my server. However, this isn't working for factions or essentials.

When I imported Essentials onto eclipse, I used the url: https://github.com/essentials/Essentials.git. I selected all the branches. However, when I try to import existing projects, only EssentialsGroupManager shows up. For factions, no existing projects show up for me to import.


How would I fix this? Thank you so much.

 

@vtg_the_kid

You're going to have a very rough time doing it that way. Try building against the already compiled .jar file, that should cause you significantly less grief, even if you can't see the source code.

 

@mythbusterma

Thanks for the reply!
I'm not sure what you mean by "building against the already compiled .jar file". How would I do that, and would I still be able to edit the source code that way?

 

@vtg_the_kid

Why do you need to change the source code?

 

I like to make the stuff on my server all the same color, and all the same style.

 

@vtg_the_kid

Well if you're really that bent on doing so, you're going to need to install Apache Maven. I would also recommend cloning the repository from the command line and running Maven the same way. Maven will handle the dependencies and building of the .jar file.

 

@mythbusterma

Thanks, I will try that later.

Do I really have to use another method though? I did get my method to work for floAuction. Does anyone know why this doesn't work for Factions or Essentials?

 

@vtg_the_kid

Because they rely on Maven. You could also resolve their dependencies yourself, but that would be a waste of time and resources.

 

@mythbusterma
Sorry, I'm really confused as I have not worked with git/maven much before.

Can you give me a step-by-step on how to get https://github.com/MassiveCraft/Factions source code onto Eclipse Kepler?

Thanks

 

Research git cloning, it's as simple as one command. I don't use Eclipse but I'm assuming there's an easy way to get projects imported after that

 

@SuperOriginal
I cloned successfully.
I can't import because no projects show up in the "select projects" section in eclipse, like I showed in my original post.
I have researched for 3 days and found countless useless links.
The solution I found only worked for floAuction, and not complicated plugins like Factions.
I noticed that the "src" folder in Factions was named "src/main", so maybe eclipse didn't understand that?
Also the working git repository had a ".settings" file, and the unworking ones didn't...
Does anyone know what's going on.



EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Importing a project for me through Eclipse import has never really worked for me. Instead what I do is clone onto onto my Desktop, drag and drop it into my workspace, open Eclipse and make a new Java Project with the same name as the cloned folder and hit create. From there it loads the classes and files automatically from the folder. Hope this helps? I know what maven is, however Ive never used it. Try it, it might work!

P.S - If your server is on 1.8, dont edit Essentials because its last update is outdated. Instead try this... http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/essentialsx/. Its Essentials just updated, with fixes and improvements. Plus it has a GitHub (it was forked from Essentials) so you can clone it also.

 

@Synapz

I truly appreciate your answer. It's kinda late for me right now, so I have to go to bed. I'll try it out tomorrow and let you know if it works!

Thank you so much!!

 

@vtg_the_kid
Well what I use to import maven projects from git is the Maven plugin for Eclipse and used
Import > Maven > Check out Maven Projects from SCM and installed git SCM connector.

Then I just input the url and off it goes.
Note it will be imported as a regular Maven project.

 

@Synapz

So I tried your method, and it mostly worked.

"SpawnerProvider cannot be resolved to a type".

For some reason, a bunch of packages didn't get imported, they were from net.ess3.nms.

When you do your method and create a project in eclipse, do you have 0 errors every time? I can't get Essentials (the one you gave me) to compile. If I forcefully compile it (delete all the stuff with errors/add missing stuff) I can't run the plugin. Also, what is in your build path for essentials?

 

@vtg_the_kid

I wouldnt say everytime I had 0 errors. But I if I do it is most likely missing dependencies. Maven is used to easily get those dependencies however we are just forcing it into your IDE unknowing its dependencies.

Btw this is a good example to show what Maven is because it took my a while to understand... Imagine having a plugin with like 15 different APIs... Now imagine cloning that then having to track down each API and import it, Maven automates all that.

Maven has whats called a "pom" file to store all these dependancies. And essentials one is here, https://github.com/drtshock/Essentials/blob/2.x/Essentials/pom.xml. If you look in it for the
<dependencies> tag in its body is a bunch of dependancies. For example Vault is in its body labeled
<artifactId>Vault</artifactId>. You have to manually import all of these in order to get the errors away. My method is good for small projects but essentials is giant and I didnt relize sorry... But you can manually install them I guess, best way would use maven.

P.S - I just found this on Essentials GitHub main page
"To build with Maven, use the command

mvn package dependency:copy
Jar files can then be found in the /jars folder" that should give you all its dependancies.