Setting Up a Development Environment

The first step to create extensions for MDWorkbench Server is to have a working development environment. Extensions are created using Eclipse plug-ins.

Here are the steps to setup the development platform:

1. Install Eclipse.
   • Navigate to Eclipse download page: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
   • Download an install Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers.
2. Install MDWorkbench Server in Eclipse.
   • Open Eclipse and click Help > Install New Software...
   • Register Sodius Update Site in the Install dialog: http://download.sodius.com
   • Update Eclipse with MDWorkbench and MDWorkbench Server features.
   • Update Eclipse with the metamodels you intend to work with (e.g. MDAccess for DOORS and MDWorkbench Server - DOORS)

Depending on your Eclipse actual installation, it might happen some plug-in required for Web development are not present. This can be the case for example for javax.activation or javax.mail plug-ins. Such plug-ins can be manually installed using Eclipse Orbit site:
http://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/

Creating Plug-Ins