Setting Up Eclipse for SPARCK

If you need to edit the java externals for SPARCK, you can use the Eclipse IDE for this.

1. download Eclipse: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
2. Install the Standard Eclipse setup
3. Open Eclipse and choose a suitable folder as a workspace on you disk. (shouldn't be inside the sparck repo)
4. Import the Eclipse project into your workspace:
   1. Right-click into the Package Explorer and choose 'Import..'
   2. Choose 'General/Projects from Folders or Archive' -> Next
   3. Press 'Directory...' and choose the /externals/java folder.
5. Create the needed UserLibraries
   1. open Eclipse Preferences (On OSX: Menu > Eclipse > Preferences.., On WIN: Menu > Window> Preferences.., )
   2. navigate to Java > Build Path > User Libraries
   3. create the SparckLibraries
      1. Press New..
      2. Enter 'SparckLibraries'
      3. Select the newly created library
      4. Press Add External Jars..
      5. Navigate to /sparck/java-classes/lib and choose
         • commons-net-3.6.jar
         • opencv-420.jar
         • PixelPusher.jar
         • toxiclibscore.jar
      6. fold open the openCV-420.jar, select native library and press Edit..
      7. Navigate to the /sparck/java-classes/lib folder and press Open..
   4. create the MaxMSPLibs
      1. Press New..
      2. Enter 'MaxMSPLibs'
      3. Select the newly created library
      4. Press Add External Jars..
      5. Navigate to ~/Documents/Max 8/Packages/max-mxj/java-classes/lib/ and choose
         • jitter.jar
         • jode-1.1.2-pre-embedded.jar
         • max.jar
   5. Press in the Preference Window on 'Apply and Close'

To test if you setup is complete: Press the 'Build All..' button in the top toolbar. Eclipse should now compile the java code and create the sparck.jar inside /sparck/java-classes/lib.