Configuring OracleAS TopLink for Oracle JDeveloper

This section contains information on how to configure OracleAS TopLink for Oracle JDeveloper.

Oracle JDeveloper is a J2EE development environment with end-to-end support to develop, debug, and deploy e-business applications and Web Services.

When you employ OracleAS TopLink with Oracle JDeveloper, use the following procedures to add the OracleAS TopLink JAR files to your JDeveloper projects:

Follow these steps to create an OracleAS TopLink JDeveloper Library:

1. Select a JDeveloper project in the System Navigator pane.

2. Choose Project > Project Settings.

   The Project Settings pane appears.

3. Choose Configurations > Development > Libraries.

   A list of predefined and user-defined libraries appears.

   Figure A-10 List of Available Libraries

   
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4. Click New to create a new library that will contain the OracleAS TopLink .jar files.

   The New Library dialog box appears.

5. Enter a name for the new Library—for example, OracleAS TopLink.

   Ensure that the default choice for Libraries remains as User Libraries.

   Figure A-11 Creating a New Library

   
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6. To edit the Classpath and add the OracleAS TopLink .jar files, click the Edit button.

   Add the following to the beginning of your Classpath:

   <ORACLE_HOME>\toplink\jlib\toplink.jar
   <ORACLE_HOME>\toplinkjlib\antlr.jar
   <ORACLE_HOME>\lib\xmlparserv2.jar
   
   

7. Click OK in the New Library dialog box. On the Project Settings pane click OK.

Use an Existing User-Defined OracleAS TopLink Library

After a user library is created, it can be re-referenced by any other project. Revisit the Libraries window of the Project Settings, and add the OracleAS TopLink Library to any project with which you want to use OracleAS TopLink.