To put your Source Files into Eclipse, follow these simple steps

To Put your Source Files into Eclipse follow these simple steps

This guide is aimed at those who wish to take the .zip file from the website, and import it into Eclipse to create a project which can be run immediately.

The following instructions were prepared for an older version of Eclipse than the current one. However, there seem to be no significant differences. In trying the latest version (3.3.0), I found that the JRE and Project Layout options could not be selected as the new project is created, but they work as is. Another good integrated development environment for Java is NetBeans.

Part 1. If not working from ITEE, download Eclipse. Eclipse is installed on computers in selected labs in ITEE.

1. Download the Eclipse 3.1 latest version here (from eclipse.org)

2. Extract the Source Files For Eclipse and place them where you wish (e.g. C:\ on your own computer).

3. Rename the folder.

In unzipping the source files, I suggest the following type of directory structure: assignment1/search/fifteen/FifteenSearchApp.java - ie: create a new directory (folder) for your project with name, e.g. assignment1. This will also be the project name. Then unzip "search source.zip" into this directory and rename the "search source" directory to "search".

Then in Eclipse, the "Directory to Create project from existing source" would be (full path of) assignment1.

Part 2. Download the Source Code and Import into Eclipse

4. Download the source in .zip form from here

5. Extract the Folder, keeping the directory structure intact.

6. Make sure you have at least one folder above the folder named “search” in the file hierarchy. You will need to select this folder when you import.

7. Open Eclipse (if it asks you to select a workspace, you can choose an area for your project files, or just click ok) and open a new project.

8. Select Java Project

9. Select “Create Project from existing source” Option, and Browse to where you extracted the files. Ensure you select the folder above the folder named “search”, this way Eclipse will automatically sort the packages out for you.

9. If all goes according to plan you should see this next step in the wizard

Note the icons next to search, search.fifteen and search.tictactoe. If these icons appear different in your wizard (e.g appear as little folders) then you have done something wrong. The icon shown above is the package layout Eclipse has created, which happens to be the right hierarchy needed to run the 15 puzzle.

11 . Click finish to complete the wizard, and you should now see this on the left hand side of Eclipse

To run the application, expand the search.fifteen package, select the FifteenSearchApp file and select run -> as java application from the toolbar menu. Down the bottom in the console window you should see the debug statements showing you how the puzzle was solved.

Good luck.