#eclipse-to-maven eclipse-to-maven mavenises the existing Eclipse based workspace.

#Features

• Converts .classpath files into pom.xml
• If required, prints the depdency graph of eclipse projects.
• Moves source folders according to Maven convention. So for instance Java sources go to src/main/java folder.
• Removes spaces in the names of the folders. So "Calculator Component" becomes "CalculatorComponent"
• Right now Mavenisation is limited to generating dependencies in the pom. However this is a good first step in moving forward. With small changes you should be able to run the build for your projects.

#Getting Started

##Preparation

• As eclipse-to-maven uses java.nio features of JDK-7, you need to have it or download it from either [openjdk] (http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/) or from [Oracle JDK location] (http://jdk7.java.net/)
• Declare an environment variable called JAVA_HOME_7 which points to the JDK-7 home directory.
• Create the build of eclipse-to-maven using Maven "mvn clean install"
• Copy existing workspace into a separate directory.

##Setup Please follow following src/main/java/resources/application.properties setup before running the application

• For converting existing eclipse workspace to maven, set 'convert.to.maven' property as 'true'. This switch is useful if you just want to print the dependency tree (read-only operation) for instance.

  convert.to.maven=true

• For removing spaces in folder names, use following switch:

  workspace.projectname.remove.space=true

• For printing the dependency tree of eclipse projects set following properties

  print.dependency.graph=true

  print.dependency.graph.iotype=file

  print.dependency.graph.filepath=<file path>

• For internal dependencies groupId and project groupId , you may want to setup default as follows:

  maven.dependency.groupId.default=...

  maven.pom.groupId.default=...

##Running eclipse-to-maven from Eclipse

• Import eclipse-to-maven in any eclipse workspace.
• Right click EclipseToMaven --> Run As --> Run Configurations -->
• Pass the Eclipse workspace location with application Arguments as follows:
• Run the application

##Running eclipse-to-maven from Command Prompt Make sure JAVA_HOME is pointing to JDK-7.

Run the following from command prompt:

$ mvn clean install exec:java -Dexec.args="<eclipse workspace path>"

#Blog posts on eclipse-to-maven

• Converting Eclipse Projects to Maven : eclipse-to-maven Intro
• Converting Eclipse Workspace to Maven – Why eclipse-to-maven?