Developer Documentation and HowTo

General Docs

• Jump Developers Guide
• Devel FAQ

Basics

• How to run OpenJUMP in Eclipse
• How to make your own OpenJUMP built
• OpenJUMP javadoc (sstein 3rd May 2010: needs to be updated, I think)
• JTS javadoc (the geometry library used by OJ)
• OpenJUMP programming Guideline

Making Your Own Plugins

• The difference of PlugIn and Extension and Registry
• How to use and make own Plugins
• How to use a plugin with a properties file in ECLIPSE
• Example PlugIns:
  • How to display customer xyz data from a file
  • Example Plugin For Buffering Features in a Layer
  • How to Access and Display Attributes of Selected Features
  • Example Plugin For Accessing Sextante Algorithms
• How to use i18n Internationalization
• How to load data from a Shape File directly
• Implementing Undo
• Displaying Debug Messages
• Adding A Toolbar Button
• Implementing cursortools
• Converting a CursorTool to a PlugIn
• Extending a FeatureCollection by Adding new Attributes
• Drawing an on-screen ornament
• OpenJUMP with Wallpaper

PlugInContext diagram

Notes:

• Tips and Tricks around the Java Topology Suite
• Notes On OpenJUMP's Rendering System
• Notes on TaskFrames
• Notes on the Display of AttributeTables
• Using JUMP Libraries in an External Application
• A method/class diagram for the PlugInContext (click on the image to the right)

Adding support for new data formats

• How to write a new driver (Spring 2007)
• How to Create an Open Wizard (Since OpenJUMP Version 1.2)
• Some additional notes on adding support for a new file format: File DataSource Notes
• Working with GML

Scripting and Customization

• Scripting with BeanShell
• Using Jython

Other

• How to translate OpenJUMP into another language