Derby 10 Core Plug-in for Eclipse
Overview
The Apache Derby Core Plug-in for Eclipse allows the Derby jars to be available to the Eclipse platform through a standard plug-in.
Functionality
This 'core' plug-in consists of all the Derby related jars and can be used in Eclipse projects for:
- database application development
- plug-in development with the Derby 'core' plug-in as its dependency
Components
The Apache Derby Core Plug-in for Eclipse consists of a zip file containing the plugin. Information for the most recent version as of this writing is listed below.
| Name | Purpose | Packaging |
| org.apache.derby.core_10.2.2 | Contains derby.jar, derbynet.jar, derbytools.jar and derbyclient.jar | derby_core_plugin_10.2.2.485682.zip |
The UI plug-in
See the document, Using the 10 Core and 1.1 UI Derby plug-ins for complete information about compatibility between the 'Core' and 'UI' plug-ins.
Software Requirements
- Java Development Kit
- Sun JDK version 1.3.x or higher
- IBM SDK version 1.3.x or higher
- Eclipse from eclipse.org
- Eclipse 3.1 M6 or higher
Install
Download the Derby core plug-in zip from the Apache Derby site: http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html. The plug-in is available for download from each Derby release download page.
After downloading, unzip the file to the Eclipse installation directory. The zip file will unpack to create a new subdirectory under the plugins directory of the Eclipse installation.
Launch Eclipse, if Eclipse was already running while unzipping the file, please re-start it.
Resources
More information on Apache Derby can be found at: http://db.apache.org/derby/
Last updated: January 4, 2007