RE: How to quickly prototype OEM Plug-In ?

Question

Hi:
- Is there a way to quickly prototype an OEM plug-in?
- When I am developing a plug-in, I do the following:
1) write xml file
2) check xml file
3) create jar file
4) deploy jar file
5) add target instance
- To make any changes to the plug-in, I first delete it:
6) delete target instance
7) undeploy
8) delete jar file
- Then after updating plug-in, I re-do steps 2) thru 5) to view my changes.
- Is there a short cut available for developing plug-ins
or is it necessary to go through steps 1) through 8) whenever
I make a change to the plug-in?
Thanks
John

Answer 1

As long as you're updating your META_VER (in the target type definition) and MP version (when creating the jar), you can omit steps 5-8 and go right back to 1-4.