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% IDE support in the JDK
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## Introduction
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When you are familiar with building and testing the JDK, you may want to
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configure an IDE to work with the source code. The instructions differ a bit
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depending on whether you are interested in working with the native (C/C++) or
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the Java code.
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### IDE support for native code
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There are a few ways to generate IDE configuration for the native sources,
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depending on which IDE to use.
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#### Visual Studio Code
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The make system can generate a [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com)
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workspace that has C/C++ source indexing configured correctly, as well as
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launcher targets for tests and the Java launcher. After configuring, a workspace
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for the configuration can be generated using:
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```shell
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make vscode-project
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```
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This creates a file called `jdk.code-workspace` in the build output folder. The
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full location will be printed after the workspace has been generated. To use it,
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choose `File -> Open Workspace...` in Visual Studio Code.
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##### Alternative indexers
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The main `vscode-project` target configures the default C++ support in Visual
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Studio Code. There are also other source indexers that can be installed, that
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may provide additional features. It's currently possible to generate
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configuration for two such indexers, [clangd](https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clangd/)
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and [rtags](https://github.com/Andersbakken/rtags). These can be configured by
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appending the name of the indexer to the make target, such as:
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```shell
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make vscode-project-clangd
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```
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Additional instructions for configuring the given indexer will be displayed
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after the workspace has been generated.
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#### Visual Studio
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This section is a work in progress.
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```shell
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make ide-project
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```
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#### Compilation Database
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The make system can generate generic native code indexing support in the form of
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a [Compilation Database](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/JSONCompilationDatabase.html)
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that can be used by many different IDEs and source code indexers.
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```shell
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make compile-commands
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```
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It's also possible to generate the Compilation Database for the HotSpot source
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code only, which is a bit faster as it includes less information.
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```shell
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make compile-commands-hotspot
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```
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### IDE support for Java code
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This section is a work in progress.