Installing Remote Library
There are many available java libraries on the internet.
Many libraries should be downloaded using http protocol.
The most concentrate places are the maven repositories. So a
maven repositry was used in this project -
http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/
Dialog with avalible libraries should be shown using Tools|Install Maven's Library
menu item from main menu. There are these components:
- left list - Category with similiar libraries
- center list - Libraries in selected Category
- right list - libraries which will be installed. A library should
be removed or added using >> or << buttons
- library filter filter, shows only folders which contains libraries with matched
string
Example of Usage
You want to download commons-collections.jar library. The commons-collections
extends java.util standard collections library. Do these steps:
- show library installation dialog using Tools|Install Maven's library menu item.
- add to Filter field "collection" string.
- select commons-collections item in Category list.
- select commonst-collections-3.1.jar item in Libraries list
- Click to >> button in order to add the selected library to
Added Libraries List
- Clict to Ok button
After that the istalling of libraries will start. The status about installation
is shown in progressbar in right down corner.
You can check if the library was installed in Library Manager (Tools|Library Manager menuitem).