Creating Feature Plug-in Projects and Assigning them to Swordfish

Before you start, ensure that you have plug-in projects, for example, you can create a that you want to add to this feature project For instructions on creating a new Swordfish plug-in project, see Creating a JAX-WS Service Provider Project from WSDL.
To create a feature plug-in project:
  1. Click Open the New Feature Plug-in Development Project dialog File > New > Other > Plug-in Development Project .
  2. In the New Feature window, select Feature Plug-in Project and click Next.
  3. In the New Feature Properties window, type a name in the Project Name field and click Finish.
  4. In the next window, select any referenced plug-ins that you may require, check the Initialize from a launch configuration radio button and select OSGi Framework from the drop-down box.
  5. Click Finish. You can now see the new feature plug-in development project in the Package Explorer view.
  6. Right-click on the project to open the context menu.
  7. In the context menu, click Configure > Convert to Faceted Form.
  8. In the Properties window, select the Swordfish Application check box under Project Facets and select Swordfish Runtime under the Runtimes tab.
  9. Click Apply and Finish. This project can now be added to the runtime server as described in the next topics.