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This manual is designed to get you started developing Java TreeView derivatives. This consists of two things:
Getting the tools necessary to develop Java TreeView
An Overview of the archtecture
Detailed descriptions of classes and stuff can be found in the Javadoc, and probably change too quickly to be worth documenting in a separate manual.
The current architecture is described in detail in the second chapter of my thesis, which is available online. The guide will grow as necessary to fill any gaps.
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This chapter will get you started with developing java treeview.
Java SDK
JEdit or other code editor
ant, a Java-based replacement for make
DocBook environment, only for documentation authoring
In this section, I will describe the tools required to build java treeview.
You must, of course, download the source distribution of Java Treeview from http://jtreeview.sourceforge.net
The crossplatform editor jedit is recommended, available from http://www.jedit.org/index.php?page=download
Once you have the java sdk and apache ant installed, unpack the source distribution of java treeview, open a command line shell, switch to the unpacked source directory, which should contain the build.xml file, and type "ant dist" to build java treeview. You should now have a freshly built TreeView.jar sitting in the "dist" subdirectory.