Time for action – exporting a feature
Once a feature has been created and has one or more plug-ins added, they can be exported from the workbench. An exported feature can be installed into other Eclipse instances, as the next section will demonstrate. Note that exporting a feature also builds and exports all the associated plug-ins.
- To export a plug-in, go to File | Export | Deployable features. This will give a dialog with the option to select any features in the workspace.
- Choose the com.packtpub.e4.feature and give a suitable directory location:
- Click on Finish and the feature and all of its plug-ins will be exported.
- Open the destination location ...
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