JSwat — Java Debugger
The development related documentation exists with the source
code in the docs/dev directory. The documentation
explains compiling, building, localizing, and other random notes
about developing JSwat.
Please read and follow the Java coding conventions when writing code for this project. Use the convenient CheckStyle tool to validate your code. You may even want to use Jalopy to pretty-print your code for you.
All source code added to the project must be licensed under the Common Development and Distribution License. This means that your contribution either came from another project under the same license, or you have written the code specifically for this project. Code submitted under any other license cannot be accepted. When adding new files, make sure to include the appropriate license text at the top of the file, in a comment block. Use your own name as the copyright holder.
Patches against existing source code must be in the
"unified" diff format. Use the diff -u command
to generate the differences. This has the benefit of including two
lines of context which is very useful for sending through the
patch command (which applies those diffs to the
original code).
If you use Microsoft Windows you will need either GNU Cygwin, the Unix emulator
for Windows, or the GNU
Utilities for Win32 to get a Windows version of the
diff command. I recommend Cygwin, as it is easy to
install and use.
Submit your changes to jswat-dev mailing list
for review by the developers. If you are sending several files,
feel free to package them into an archive using bzip2,
gzip, or zip.
