SVN Checkout

First thing you need to do is checking out the code from the SVN repository. See Source Repository on how to access the sources.

Installing Maven

We use Maven 2 as our build tool. After installation you need to have the M2_HOME environment variable set to your Maven installation directory.

Project Modules

Fosstrak's Reader project consists of three modules:

• reader-rprm-core

  This module implements the EPCglobal Reader Protocol and Reader Management. It represents a compliant reader that uses the Fosstrak HAL with a simulator or reader hardware that does not support the Reader Protocol as backend.

• reader-rp-proxy

  This module is a library for communication with a Reader Protocol compliant reader such as but not limited to the reader core module. The proxy depends on code of the reader core even if the reader of the core module is not used. An example of shared code located in the core module is the marshalling and unmarshalling of Reader Protocol messages that is used on both sides.

• reader-rp-client

  This module provides a graphical user interface to configure a Reader Protocol compliant reader and two versions of an event sink that acts as a notification channel end point and displays information about events reported by the reader. The client depends on code of of the reader core and the proxy.

Directory Layout

We use the standard Maven directory layout as follows:

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+-- pom.xml                             -> top-level POM file
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+-- LICENSE.txt, README.txt
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+-- src/
|   |
|   `-- site/                           -> project documentation
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+-- reader-rprm-core/
|   ¦
|   '
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+-- reader-rp-proxy/
|   ¦
|   '
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+-- reader-rp-client/
|   |
|   +-- pom.xml                         -> module POM file
|   |
|   `-- src/
|       |
|       +-- main/
|       |   |
|       |   +-- java/                   -> java source files
|       |   |
|       |   +-- resources/              -> configuration files and images
|       |   |
|       |   `-- assembly/               -> packaging information
|       |
|       +-- site/                       -> module documentation
|       |
|       `-- test/
|           |
|           `-- java/                   -> java unit test source files
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`-- target/                             -> generated contents

Building

For building the sources, it is sufficient to run the following command:

mvn compile

Eclipse Integration

In order to work on the Fosstrak Reader using Eclipse, follow these instructions:

1. Eclipse needs to know the path to the local maven repository. Execute the following command to automatically set up the corresponding classpath variable M2_REPO accordingly:

   mvn -Declipse.workspace=<path-to-eclipse-workspace> eclipse:add-maven-repo
   

2. In order to generate the .project and .classpath file used by Eclipse, execute the following command from the directory containing the Fosstrak Reader source code:

   mvn eclipse:eclipse
   

3. Inside Eclipse, import all the sub-modules (from the menu bar select File > Import > Existing Projects into Workspace).

Generation of Binaries

The following command will generate the binaries for the modules.

mvn package

Installing

To install Fosstrak Reader in the local Maven repository and use it in other projects, for instance an application using the reader proxy module, run the following command:

mvn install

Site Generation

The main web site (containing this documentation) can be generated by using the following command:

mvn site -N

In order to generate all module reports and to test the whole site navigation before a live deploy, you can execute the following command which will generate the web site under the given directory:

mvn site:stage -DstagingDirectory=<directory-to-deploy-site>