The Tools provide a Bundle Manifest Editor that assists the developer to create and edit MANIFEST.MF files. The
editor understands the Virgo Runtime Environment specific headers like
Import-Library
and
Import-Bundle
and provides content assist features while editing source code. Furthermore a Eclipse Form-based UI is also
available.
To open the Bundle Manifest Editor right click a MANIFEST.MF file and select "Bundle Manifest Editor" from the "Open With" menu.
The content assist proposals in the source tab as well as in the UI-based tabs are resolved from the bundle and library repository of an installed and configured Virgo Runtime Environment. Therefore it is important to target the project or PAR to a specific Virgo Runtime instance to indicate to the tooling which bundle repository to use.
The Dependencies tab of the Bundle Manifest Editor enables the user to easily download and install bundles and libraries from the SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository by using the "Download..." buttons next to the "Import Bundle" and "Import Library" sections.