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Classpath Variables in Eclipse for Supporting Libraries

We use a lot of supporting libraries which you will discover after you import a project or two due to all of the error messages that Eclipse will generate.

The following table lists all of the libraries that we use, the name of the classpath variable we've given each library, and where you can find the library for yourself.

Classpath variables in Eclipse should be declared using Window -> Preferences... followed by Java -> Build Path -> Classpath Variables. Hit the New button to create each of the variables listed below. Download the libraries for yourself, and use your local path when defining each classpath variable.

Classpath Variable	Library	Location
`ABBOT_LIB`	Swing GUI unit-testing library	`http://abbot.sourceforge.net/`
`CATALINA_LIB`	Main, exposed Tomcat classes	You can get the JAR file from the Tomcat download, or right here.
`JMOCK_LIB`	Mock-object library	`http://jmock.codehaus.org/`
`JUNIT_LIB`	JUnit library	`http://www.junit.org/`
`LOG4J_LIB`	Logging for Java	`http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/`
`LUCENE_LIB`	Lucene (searching library)	`http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html`
`SERVLET_LIB`	`javax.servlet` package	There's an official download from Sun, but this seems to be overkill. Tomcat comes with this JAR file which seems to work for us.
~~`SUN_COMPILER_TOOLS`~~	~~Java compiler tools~~	This should no longer be necessary; needed at runtime which the server handles itself.

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