Fan-In pluglet setup instructions

This project takes approximately 15 minutes. Before you run the Fan-In pluglet sample, you must activate the pluglet projects and pluglets capability, and import the sample pluglet.

About this task

Once you have imported the pluget sample into your workspace, you can run the Fan-In pluglet.

Procedure

  1. Activate the pluglet projects and pluglets capability:
    1. Click Window > Customize Perspective. In the Customize Perspective window, click the Shortcuts tab and be sure New is specified in the Submenus list.
    2. In the Shortcut Categories list, select Pluglets to enable the related shortcuts. Make sure that the Pluglet and Pluglets Project check boxes are checked in the Shortcut list.
    3. Click the Commands tab. In the Available command groups list, select Pluglets and Modeling.
    4. Click OK.
    To check if your perspective is customized, click File > New , and check if the Pluglets Project was added to the pull down menu.
  2. Importing the sample:
    1. On the Fan-In pluglet overview page, click Get the sample.
    2. In the Import Sample wizard, the Fan-In pluglet sample is filled in for you. Accept the default values and click Finish.
  3. Running the Fan-In pluglet sample:
    1. Run the pluglet for the first time by selecting the pluglet sample FanInMetric.java in the Project Explorer.
    2. Click Run > Internal Tools > Internal Tools > Run As > Pluglet.
    3. In the Create, manage, and run configurations window, select Pluglet.
    4. Type Fan-In in the Name field. The Fan-In pluglet configuration appears under Pluglet.
    5. Click Apply and Run.
    6. Select your class. Click Run > Internal Tools > Fan-In.

Results

The pluglet runs, and the fan-in results are displayed in the Console window.

After you have run the Fan-In pluglet once, you can see that the Internal Tools menu is populated with a new menu item, FanInMetric pluglet. You can use this menu item to run the pluglet and calculate the fan-in for a class.


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