how to use xcode for java programming?

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how to use xcode for java programming?

when i create a new project i get options for various kinds of java projects. what i want is an empty java project. i am gonna start with basic command line outputs. can someone tell me...
1. which option to choose for empty, non gui based, java applications
2. how to see the command line output?
3. later when i do GUI programming using awt and swings, is there a way to design the gui without have to code for it like in netbeans?

thanks a lot for ur time.
Neerav

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 31, 2008 1:10 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 31, 2008 3:41 AM in response to AceNeerav

I don't see any point in using xcode for java programming.
Eclipse is free and designed for that.

Barth

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Answer 2

ericmeyers

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Aug 31, 2008 7:30 AM in response to AceNeerav

Select Java Tool as the project type. It will generate a "command-line" type Java app.

To see your output select Run->Console from the XCode menu.

And no, I don't think Xcode/Interface Builder will let you design a Java GUI. It's not really a good environment for Java development.

Eric

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Bob Lang1

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Aug 31, 2008 8:34 AM in response to AceNeerav

Use a Java Tool project type. Be sure to edit build.xml to change this line:

source="1.3" target="1.2"

So that you're using either 1.5 or 1.6 as appropriate.

Bob

PS: Xcode is a perfectly reasonable Java development environment, although you will need a third party GUI design tool. Xcode is particularly useful if you need to create a JNI mixed code project.

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AceNeerav Author

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Aug 31, 2008 11:06 AM in response to Bob Lang1

hello, i have done a lot of java programming on netbeans. i wanted to use xcode since it seemed apple knows whats best for mac. anyway, i will download the mac version of netbeans.

also, i figured out how to compile and run java programs from the mac terminal. it was fun. i didnt have to do any changes with the environment variables.

mac is cool stuff.

Neerav

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