Automatically Import Your Projects From Eclipse to NetBeans IDE
This document illustrates how easy it is to migrate your applications to NetBeans
IDE using the NetBeans Eclipse Project Importer. The NetBeans Eclipse Project
Importer is available with the NetBeans IDE versions 4.1 and higher. It greatly
simplifies the task of migrating projects from Eclipse to NetBeans.
The NetBeans Eclipse Project
Importer is so advanced it will not only identify and automatically
fix Eclipse project discrepancies, it will also
identify erroneous Eclipse project references and suggest
corrective actions to resolve them once the project has been imported
into NetBeans.
The NetBeans Eclipse Project Importer is also very flexible: you can
select projects from an Eclipse workspace and existing project
dependencies are automatically identified and marked for importing.In
addition, the NetBeans Eclipse Project Importer will let you select
individual Eclipse projects for importing into NetBeans without
specifying the location of the Eclipse Workspace.
The Eclipse Project Importer is now available as a NetBeans module and can
be retrieved from the NetBeans IDE's Update Center.
The remainder of this
document walks you through the easy migration steps to move your Eclipse
projects to NetBeans. You can do an import of an:
Getting the Eclipse Project Import Module
To use the NetBeans Eclipse Project Importer, you must be using
NetBeans IDE 4.1 or later and install the Eclipse Project Importer
module from NetBean's Update Center.
To download and install the Eclipse Project Importer module,
launch the NetBeans IDE and select the Tools > Update Center menu
item. In the Update Center, select the “Eclipse Project
Importer” from the Infrastructure category as shown below.
If you are not able to download modules with the AutoUpdate client, you can
download the module via http,
then in the AutoUpdate Client select "Install Manually Downloaded Modules"
and browse to the saved file.
After downloading and installing the
Eclipse Project Importer module, you are ready to begin the
migration of an Eclipse project to NetBeans.
Initiating the Eclipse Project Import
To initiate a Eclipse Project Import in
the NetBeans IDE, select the File > Import Project
> Eclipse Project menu item as show below.
Choosing the type of Eclipse Project Import
As mentioned at the beginning of this document, the NetBean's Eclipse
Project Importer, provides two options for importing Eclipse projects
into NetBeans. One option is to select Eclipse projects from an Eclipse
Workspace where project dependencies can be automatically identified,
marked and selected by the NetBean's Eclipse Project Importer. This
option makes it very easy to import Eclipse projects which have
dependencies on other Eclipse projects because the NetBeans Eclipse
Project Importer determines the project dependencies automatically for
you. You can also use this option to import an Eclipse project which has
no additional project dependencies too.
The other option for importing Eclipse
projects imports only the specified project and ignores any project
dependencies which may exist with other Eclipse projects. This option
is best suited for situations where you do not have an Eclipse
Workspace, but have access to an Eclipse project.
Choose one of the following guides and
see how easy it is to migrate your Eclipse projects and enjoy life
with NetBeans. Choose the link below that best fits your project
import needs.
Use this guide to import an Eclipse Project from an Eclipse Workspace.
Use this guide to import an Eclipse
Project ignoring project dependencies.
