geWorkbench

We encourage developers of geWorkbench plugins to use our code repository. Our source code tree comprises 2 separate modules under geworkbench, src for the core and components for the plugin code portions as outlined in the "Developers" section.

Collaborative development typically takes place under the components module. The module contains a number of subdirectories, each corresponding to one geWorkbench component package, which can contain one of more related component plugins. Each subdirectory has the same basic structure:

• A src directory containing the plugin code.
• An optional lib directory containing jar files required by the plugin.

The application ant build script (which is made available to collaborative developers) will also create a classes directory which will contain the executable code. To create a new plugin called "example" a new directory with the same name will be created under the components directory.

A full development environment can be then obtained by checking out the the project "geWorkbench" and one project for each subdirectory under "components". In this development space the plugin development team will be able to change the code of their plugin as they please after checking out the code. To commit new code into our code base hosted by NCI's subversion server, you need an NCICB account. Please contact us for more detail.