Red Hat SummitChapter 3. Access the MTA Eclipse Tools
Once the plugin is installed, the MTA Eclipse tools are available in the MTA perspective. To open the MTA perspective, navigate to Window
Review the plugin components and then get started identifying and resolving migration issues. You can also view the embedded help for the plugin by selecting Help
3.1. Eclipse Plugin Components
The following components are available in the MTA perspective when using the Eclipse plugin to analyze projects.
- Issue Explorer
This view allows you to explore the MTA issues for projects that have been analyzed.
If this view is not visible in the MTA Perspective, you can open it by selecting Window
Show View Issue Explorer. - MTA Server
The MTA server is a separate process that executes the MTA analysis, flags the migration issues, and generates the reports.
You can start, stop, and view the status of the MTA server from the Issue Explorer.
- Issue Details
This view shows detailed information about the selected MTA issue, including the hint, severity, and any additional resources.
If this view is not visible in the MTA Perspective, you can open it by selecting Window
Show View Issue Details. - MTA Report
This view shows the HTML reports that are generated when MTA is executed. From the report landing page you can navigate to detailed reports, such as Application Details, Issues, and Dependencies.
Note that the MTA run configuration used must have the Generate Report option selected in order for the MTA reports to be generated.
If this view is not visible in the MTA Perspective, you can open it by selecting Window
Show View MTA Report.
