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Testing Plugins and Java Extensions

In the various procedures for creating a plugin, you are usually instructed to copy your plugin folder to the [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/plugins/ directory. If you want to test the code in your plugin without copying it to that folder, follow this procedure:
  1. Close the Oxygen XML Editor application if it is running.
  2. Create in the folder [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/plugins/ a subfolder named for example myPlugin (but it can have any other name).

  3. In the myPlugin subfolder create a new text file named plugin.redirect that contains the full file path references to your project (for example, C:\Users\john_doe\Documents\sample-plugin-folder).

    Step Result: Oxygen XML Editor will automatically load the plugin from your project location when it starts.

  4. Now you can modify the Java code, the IDE will automatically compile it, and if the plugin.xml file has a classpath reference to the compiled classes folder, you can restart Oxygen XML Editor and test your changes.