Eclipse setup

You will need to achieve 2 things :

• add BoundBox.jar to your project's classpath ;
• use BoundBox's annotation processor to compile your project.

Add BoundBox.jar to your project's classpath

This will allow you to add the @BoundBox annotation.

There are many ways to do so depending on your build system :

• add it to your projects build path by clicking in eclipse
• add it as ant/ivvy dependency
• add it as a maven dependency
• add it as a gradle dependency

Use BoundBox's annotation processor to compile your project

This will create BoundBoxOfX classes as soon as you a @BoundBox annotation is found in your code.

In your project, allow annotation processing to take place during edition. For this Right-click on your project >> properties >> Java Compiler >> Annotation Processing as illustrated below.

You must :

• check all 3 checkboxes to allow annotation processing during edition.
• you must provide a destination path for generated sources. Here we used maven standard path.

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Almost at the same place : Right-click on your project >> properties >> Java Compiler >> Annotation Processing >> Factory path

You must :

• check the checkbox to define custom "factories"
• you must provide the path of the annotation processor to use, and all its dependencies. This is boring, but that is the eclipse way. You have to add :
  • BoundBox's jar itself
  • Commons-lang's jar
  • JavaWriter's jar

Here, their path has been taken from a maven repo, but you can place them wherever you want.

*Every time you upgrade BoundBox's version, you have to : *

• go to this menu
• remove the old BoundBox's jar
• click on Apply
• add the new BoundBox's jar
• click on OK