FHIR Java Setup

To build the FHIR publishing tools within the Eclipse Editor:

• start eclipse
• create a workspace where suits. recommend not saving workspace under the root fhir-build path, or you will have to ignore it every time you make a commit to SVN.
• File..Import..
• General - Existing Projects into Workspace
• Select the following projects to import:
  • \build\implementations\java\org.hl7.fhir.convertors
  • \build\implementations\java\org.hl7.fhir.dstu2
  • \build\implementations\java\org.hl7.fhir.dstu2016may
  • \build\implementations\java\org.hl7.fhir.dstu3
  • \build\implementations\java\org.hl7.fhir.r4
  • \build\implementations\java\org.hl7.fhir.rdf
  • \build\implementations\java\org.hl7.fhir.utilities
  • \build\implementations\java\org.hl7.fhir.validation
  • \build\tools\java\org.hl7.fhir.tools.core
  • \build\tools\java\org.hl7.fhir.igtools

Can do this by selecting your build folder e.g. C:\Work\org.hl7.fhir\build Then selecting the search for nested projects checkbox, and then checking/unchecking each of the projects in the list.

Additional Notes:

• You may need to add a the "tools/java/imports/hapi-fhir-base-1.6.jar" as a library to the build path of the org.hl7.fhir.tools project
  • Go to properties of org.hl7.fhir.tools
  • Go to "Java Build Path"
  • Go to "Libraries" tab
  • Click "Add External JARs..."
  • Browse to the hapi-fhir-base jar in tools/java/imports
• You may also need to add a security exception to the "JRE System Library" library under org.hl7.fhir.igtools for "javafx/**"
  • Go to properties of org.hl7.fhir.igtools
  • Go to java build path
  • Go to libraries tab
  • Expand "JRE System Library"
  • Click "Edit" on "Access rules"
  • Click "Add"
  • Select resolution of "Accessible"
  • Enter "javafx/**" for "Rule Pattern"
• For Linux environments
  • Eclipse should be run with GTK version 2. Modify the eclipse.ini file to specify "--include.GTK_version\n2" below the "openfile" line. See this bug report in eclipse for more information: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=491384
  • Suggest at least 6GB ram. Java runs out with anything less than this amount of ram.
  • If using OpenJDK, you will need to install JavaFX separately: sudo ant-get install openjfx