Moose Brewer

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Moose Brewer is a plugin for Eclipse for exporting Java and JSP. It offers:

  • Parsing of Java model from Eclipse projects
  • Parsing of JSP model from Eclipse projects
  • FAMIX metamodel (in Java)
  • Output in MSE

Moose Brewer is being written by Sandro De Zanet for his Master thesis.

How to use it

  1. Select the target source code from Eclipse. This can be:
    • the whole project
    • a package
    • a class
  2. From the Eclipse contextual menu select: Export to MSE
  3. In the window that pops up enter the file name and press Export

Download

  1. You need Java 1.5
  2. Download Eclipse for J2EE. Otherwise you have to manually install the WTP plugin.
  3. Add the Pluginzip plugin to $ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins folder

Tips and tricks

For big projects, eclipse should be started with bigger -Xss and -Xms, -Xmx.