MOLGENIS generator basics

In this section you go through the basic procedure of generation, compilation and running of a MOLGENIS application.

1. Run the MOLGENIS generator: right-click on the MolgenisGenerate?.java program and choose ‘Run as….run as Java Application:

The MOLGENIS generator parses the *.xml files to read in the model and subsequently translates the model in many Java, SQL and R files that end up in the folder generated/java and generated/sql. All this will be printed to the console. Scroll through the console to get a feel for what has just happened:

2. Run the MOLGENIS database updater: right-click the MolgenisUpdateDatabase?.java program and choose Run as….Java Application. This will load generated/java/create_tables.sql into mysql database based on the settings in 'molgenis.properties'.

3. Compile the generated application: right-click on the molgenis3_x_distro project and choose [refresh]. This will force Eclipse to discover and compile the code you just generated.

4. Run the application: right-click on the molgenis3_x_distro project and choose [Run as…] → [Run on server].
   Notice: on the first run this will in a dialog asking you to define a new server. Choose Tomcat of your version and choose [next] to point it to the right directory.

5. Finally browse the generated result and test the result by adding data:

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