Project Templates in the DVT Eclipse IDE - How to Use Templates

Overview

This video shows how to use a Project Template to generate an entire project or add new components to an existing one.

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Details

Introduction

When you start working on a new design or verification component, DVT can easily generate your entire project structure from a template, including the directory layout, the skeleton of your source code, configuration files, run scripts, and so on.

Generating a New Project from a Template

To generate a new project from a template:

  1. Go to File -> New -> DVT Project from Template.
  2. Fill in the location of your project template or pick one of the predefined templates and choose a target directory.
  3. DVT recursively scans the template for parameters in all directory and file names, as well as the content of all text files.
  4. Fill in the replacement value for each template parameter and click Finish.
  5. A new directory is created in the target folder containing the entire template structure with all parameter substitutions performed, notice that the replacement engine preserves capitalization.

Adding Components from a Template to Your Project

If you wish to add more components from a template to your project:

  1. Right-click on the project and go to New -> DVT Add from Project Template.
  2. If your project was generated from a template, its path is automatically filled in.

    3. Note: You are not bound to use only the template from which you originally generated the project, you can actually point to any parameterized file system tree.

  3. Select the files and directories you wish to generate and fill in the template parameters, you may also choose from previously entered values.

Note: The template should contain Task Tags embedded inside comments to guide you through the sections of code that should be filled in or modified.