DevNotes.txt

Creating a plug-in jar file:
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* generate the MD file containing the plugin info
  - License, OrganizationUrl, BuildDate, Version, Class, Sonar-Version, Organization, Name, Description, Key

Plugin-BuildDate: 2015-09-27T13:50:19+0100
Sonar-Version: 4.5.2

* create folder structure: folder per namespace
  - RulesDefinition.java, Plugin.java, rules.xml

* Compile the classes
 javac myorg\*.* -classpath sonar-plugin-api-4.5.2.jar

 Note: the code references the sonar-plugin-api jar, which must be locatable

* Create the jar file
 jar cvfm test.jar MANIFEST.MF myorg\*.class* resources\*.*



 Expected file layout inside the jar file
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 [root folder]

	MANIFEST.MF			: manifest file containing plugin property values used by SonarQube

	[myorg]
		[plugin] etc	i.e. folder structure corresponding to the namespaces of the class components
			Plugin.class
			RuleDefinitions.class

	[resources]
		rules.xml		: XML file containing the new rules (loaded by RulesDefinition.class)