@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ provision a new environment. To use the installer:
* Select "`Eclipse IDE for Java Developers`" under "`Eclipse.org`" as the product to
install and click "`next`".
* For the "`Project`" click on "`+`" to add a new setup file. Select "`Github Projects`"
and browser for `<checkout>/eclipse/spring-boot-project.setup` from your locally cloned
and browse for `<checkout>/eclipse/spring-boot-project.setup` from your locally cloned
copy of the source code. Click "`OK`" to add the setup file to the list.
* Double-click on "`Spring Boot`" from the project list to add it to the list that will
be provisioned then click "`Next`".
@ -183,12 +183,20 @@ Once complete you should find that a local workspace has been provisioned comple
all required Eclipse plugins. Projects will be grouped into working-sets to make the code
easier to navigate.
If you want to work on the `spring-boot-gradle-plugin` you should remove the imported Maven
project and reimport it as a Gradle project.
TIP: If you see import errors with `com.sun` packages make sure you have setup a valid
`JavaSE-1.8` environment. From preferences select "`Java`", "`Installed JREs`",
"`Execution Environments`" and make sure "`JavaSE-1.8`" points to a Java 1.8
install (we use AdoptOpenJDK on our CI).
==== Manual Installation with M2Eclipse
If you prefer to install Eclipse yourself you should use the
https://eclipse.org/m2e/[M2Eclipse] eclipse plugin. If you don't already have m2eclipse
installed it is available from the "Eclipse marketplace".
installed it is available from the "` Eclipse marketplace` ".
Spring Boot includes project specific source formatting settings, in order to have these
work with m2eclipse, we provide an additional Eclipse plugin that you can install: