You can use the IBM Rational® ClearTeam Explorer™ for Eclipse
with UCM or base ClearCase.
Before you begin
Before you can use the Rational ClearTeam Explorer 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. You will also need to decide
whether to create a Dynamic view or a Web view.
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.
Procedure
To start using the Rational ClearTeam Explorer for Eclipse:
- Decide whether to use UCM or base ClearCase:
- 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.
- Review additional Rational ClearCase documentation about
UCM and base ClearCase.
- Decide whether to use a Web view or a Dynamic view:
- Dynamic views require the presence of the ClearCase
native (or thick) client and are designed to be used only on Local
Area Networks. Dynamic views are not supported on Wide Area Networks.
Dynamic views must be mounted and started before use.
- Web views are a copy-based system that require a connection
to the CCRC WAN server (although a limited amount of operations are
still available when you are disconnected from the server) and may
be used in either a WAN or a LAN environment.
- 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.
- Open the ClearTeam Explorer perspective. On the Eclipse
menu bar, click .
Select
ClearTeam
Explorer from the list of available perspectives. After the perspective is open, you can customize it to
show specific views and toolbars and menus.
- If you are using UCM, click the
icon on the ClearCase toolbar
to start the join UCM project wizard. This wizard also
creates UCM views.
- If you are using base ClearCase, click the
icon on the ClearCase toolbar
to 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 ClearTeam Explorer
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.