gapic

Setting up Eclipse to build GAPIC

1. Create the bazel-external link:
   1. ln -s $(bazel info output_base)/external bazel-external
2. Create and open a new Eclipse workspace.
3. Open the Eclipse Preferences and navigate to General -> Workspace -> Linked Resources.
4. Click New... to define a new path variable:
   1. Set the name to GAPIC_PLATFORM_SRC.
   2. Set the value to the your platform's folder inside the gapic/src/platform folder of the gapid checkout. e.g. <gitroot>/gapic/src/platform/linux
   3. Click OK to create the variable.
5. Click OK to dismiss the preferences dialog.
6. Run the bazel build to build all the generated code.
7. Select File -> Import and then General -> Existing Project into Workspace and click Next.
   1. Enter the location of your gapid checkout into the root directory box.
   2. Click Select All. You should see a project named gapic.
   3. IMPORTANT: Uncheck Copy projects into workspace
   4. Click "Finish".
8. Set up Run Configurations.
   1. In Arguments tab: give the --gapid flag. E.g.: --gapid <path_to_gapid>/bazel-bin/pkg, replace <path_to_gapid> with your local project path.
   2. In Dependencies tab: add the lwjgl native jars. Find and add /gapic/bazel-external/org_lwjgl_core_natives_linux/jar/lwjgl-3.2.0.jar, /gapic/bazel-external/org_lwjgl_opengl_natives_linux/jar/lwjgl-opengl-3.2.0.jar. Folder name and jar name may vary based on your operating system.