Share / Export eclipse working sets

Question

I have created a couple of java working sets for a project in my workspace and want to share them with other people (using different workspaces). Is there a way to export them?

Answer 1

download the AnyEdit addon:

Description | Download page

and then use the following work through:

1. Via the menu bar: File > “Export…”
2. Select “General” / “Working Sets”
3. Click “Next >”
4. Select the working set(s) you want to export and where you want to export the file.
5. Click “Finish” to perform the export.

Answer 2

You can try and export (as in "copy to another people workspace metadata directory"):

</path/to/.metadata>\.plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench\workingsets.xml

This is the file referencing your working sets.

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z0r adds in the comments:

my team mate replaced his workingsets.xml with my version of the file, and it worked well.
However, you must exit Eclipse before replacing the file, because Eclipse will overwrite it with the old version when it exits.
I think you only need to do this once.

Answer 3

In Eclipse Indigo the working sets export has moved to Export -> Team Project Set and there is a check box top left to export working sets.

Answer 4

Although, File → Export → Team → Team Project Set is the correct way to export working sets, you could write an Eclipse External Tool.

External Tools

1. Open a new dialog by navigating:

   Run → External Tools → External Tools Configurations…

2. Select Program and click the New button to create a new configuration.

   Note: You will only need to use the "Main" tab.

3. Give the tool a title e.g. "Export Working Sets"

   Windows

   • Location: ${env_var:SystemRoot}\System32\cmd.exe
   • Working Directory: ${env_var:USERPROFILE}\Documents

   • Arguments:  

     /c copy /y ${workspace_loc}\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench\workingsets.xml workingsets-${current_date}.xml
     

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   Linux

   • Location: /bin/cp
   • Working Directory: ${env_var:HOME}/Documents

   • Arguments:  

     ${workspace_loc}/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/workingsets.xml workingsets-${current_date}.xml