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Eclipse Spring Maven project

I'm kind of new to Eclipse.

So I installed the latest Eclipse Juno, m2e and SpringIDE.

I failed ho understand how to create a Maven Spring project with the above combination of software.

The only options that Eclipse UI gives me is either a Maven project, or a Spring project: enter image description here

I know that it IS possible to have a Maven/Spring project in Eclipse, and I actually have one:

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But to make it possible I had to create a Spring project and to manually edit its .project file to include Maven nature and build command:

<buildSpec>
    <buildCommand>
        <name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
        <arguments>
        </arguments>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
        <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
        <arguments>
        </arguments>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
        <name>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</name>
        <arguments>
        </arguments>
    </buildCommand>
    <buildCommand>
        <name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
        <arguments>
        </arguments>
    </buildCommand>
</buildSpec>
<natures>
    <nature>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</nature>
    <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
    <nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
    <nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
</natures>

and .project file to include build path:

<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
    <attributes>
        <attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
    </attributes>
</classpathentry>

Question:

How do I do that from Eclipse UI without .project file modification?

It there any way I can add natures to Eclipse projects from UI?

Thanks

Solution

  • Try right click on the project in project explorer -> configure -> convert to maven project