This guide tells you how to set up a JSPWiki Development Environment.

It assumes you are using a Windows based environment

See also HowToWriteAPlugin

Prerequisites#

Install Java#

Install Eclipse#

Install Tomcat (optional)#

Install Maven#

Source Code#

The source code is in git: See http://jspwiki.apache.org/development/source_and_guide.html

Process#

JSPWiki source is organized as a standard maven project so it can be easily imported out of the box by your favourite IDE.

To compile the code run:

mvn package

To compile the code without running all the tests:

mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true package

To start jspwiki run:

cd jspwiki-war
mvn org.codehaus.cargo:cargo-maven2-plugin:run

Once this completes go to http://localhost:8080/JSPWiki and you should see an empty wiki.

Remote Debugging#

The cargo plugin is configured to attach a remote debugger on port 5005.

If using an external tomcat, open the <tomcat>/bin/startup.bat (or .sh) and add jpda before start on the following line:

call "%EXECUTABLE%" jpda start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%

Configuration#

The default configuration file is found at <jspwiki.dir>/jspwiki-war/src/main/resources/ini/jspwiki.properties
For more information see Documentation.
It is recommended not to change the above file, but rather create a custom file here:
<jspwiki.dir>/jspwiki-war/src/main/resources/jspwiki-custom.properties

One of the important properties in the jspwiki.properties file is the below:

  • jspwiki.fileSystemProvider.pageDir = C:/Data/jspwiki

By default this line is commented out so it will go to the Java <user.home>/jspwiki-files directory. For Example:

  • C:/Users/<username>/jspwiki-files
  • C:/Documents and Settings/<username>/jspwiki-files
  • /home/<username>/jspwiki-files

In there will be all the content files for the wiki pages.


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