Using the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse

You can use the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse with UCM or base ClearCase.
Before you begin
Before you can use the ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse, you must create a ClearCase view. Because UCM and base ClearCase require different types of views, you must choose one or the other before you create the views that you will use.
About this task
Note: ClearCase and Eclipse use the term project to describe different aspects of software development. An Eclipse project defines a resource hierarchy such as a folder that contains Java source files. A ClearCase UCM project defines how a group of people manage changes to resources, using baselines, activities, and streams. Members of a UCM project can work on one or more Eclipse projects.
To start using the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse:
  1. Decide whether to use UCM or base ClearCase:
    1. Check with your project manager. Before you can use UCM, the project manager or another user with access to UCM tools on the ClearCase server must create a UCM project and the components it uses.
    2. Review additional Rational ClearCase documentation. For more information about UCM and base ClearCase, see Team programming with ClearCase.
  2. Create an Eclipse workspace for each ClearCase view that you plan to create. For more information about the relationship between Eclipse workspaces and ClearCase views, see ClearCase views and Eclipse workspaces.
  3. Open the ClearCase perspective. On the Eclipse menu bar, click Window > Open Perspective > Other. Select clearcase icon ClearCase from the list of available perspectives. After the perspective is open, you can customize it to show specific views and toolbars and menus.
  4. If you are using UCM, click the join UCM project icon icon on the ClearCase toolbar to connect to the ClearCase server start the join UCM project wizard. This wizard also creates UCM views.
  5. If you are using base ClearCase, click the create view icon icon on the ClearCase toolbar to connect to the ClearCase Web server and start the view creation wizard.
What to do next
After the ClearCase views and Eclipse workspaces have been created, you can begin using the Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse to share work on an Eclipse project with other members of a team:
  • If the Eclipse projects on which you will work are already under Rational ClearCase source control, you can import them into the Eclipse workspace that you created for the view.
  • Otherwise, create the Eclipse projects in the ClearCase view's copy area and then add them to source control.

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