How to run GeoNetwork using embedded Jetty under Eclipse ?

• create a Java project
• svn co ​https://geonetwork.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/geonetwork/trunk in your new Java project
• define the following directory as source directory
  • src
  • jeeves/src
  • cachingxslt/src
• add the lib in your project build path
  • web/geonetwork/WEB-INF/lib/*.jar
  • web/intermap/WEB-INF/lib/*.jar
  • jetty/lib//*.jar
• In order to avoid a ClassNotFoundException for org.mortbay.jndi.InitialContextFactory, you could modify the src/jndi.properties file as following :
  • java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=org.mortbay.naming
  • java.naming.factory.initial=org.mortbay.naming.InitialContextFactory
• click on "Run configuration ..."
• add a new "Java Application"
• configure the Main panel:
  • Main class is the Jetty main start class org.mortbay.start.Main (If you can't find this class using the search button, check that jetty/start.jar is in your build path)

• configure the Arguments panel
  • working directory is the bin folder.
  • VM arguments allows to manage memory used by the application

• check the classpath contains all necessary jar files.

• add source folder (needed for debugging)

• save and start the application using normal/debug/profiling mode.

Issues

• I'm still looking how to redirect all logs info (including geonetwork.log) to the eclipse console view.

• If you have some errors about classes not available due to access restrictions ("Access restriction: The type BASE64Encoder is not accessible due to restriction on required library" for example), just go to the "Window" / "Preferences" / "Java" / "Compiler" / "Errors/Warnings" menu and then set "Forbidden reference (access rules)" to "Warning" or "Ignore" instead of "Error".