Chapter 3. Access the Windup Eclipse Tools

Once the plugin is installed, the Windup Eclipse tools are available in the Windup perspective. To open the Windup perspective, navigate to Window → Perspective → Open Perspective → Other. Select Windup and press OK.

Review the plugin components and then get started identifying and resolving migration issues. You can also view the embedded help for the plugin by selecting Help → Getting Started in Eclipse.

3.1. Windup Eclipse Plugin Components

The following components are available in the Windup perspective when using the Windup Eclipse Plugin to analyze projects.

Issue Explorer

This view allows you to explore the Windup issues for projects that have been analyzed.

If this view is not visible in the Windup Perspective, you can open it by selecting Window → Show View → Issue Explorer.

Windup Server

The Windup server is a separate process that executes the Windup analysis, flags the migration issues, and generates the reports.

You can start, stop, and view the status of the Windup server from the Issue Explorer.

Issue Details

This view shows detailed information about the selected Windup issue, including the hint, severity, and any additional resources.

If this view is not visible in the Windup Perspective, you can open it by selecting Window → Show View → Issue Details.

Windup Report

This view shows the HTML reports that are generated when Windup is executed. From the report landing page you can navigate to detailed reports, such as Migration Issues, Application Details, and Dependencies.

Note that the Windup run configuration used must have the Generate Report option selected in order for the Windup reports to be generated.

If this view is not visible in the Windup Perspective, you can open it by selecting Window → Show View → Windup Report.