See the Quickstart Guide for a quick start!
The Abator user interface consists of these elements
The configuration file editor is a low function editor. It only provides enough functionality to be somewhat better than a plain text editor (like some color syntax highlighting). If you have some better XML file editor available in your environment, it will likely be a better than this editor. The editor is useful in a very basic Eclipse installation which has no other XML editor.
The editor is automatically associated with XML files that are proper Abator configuration files.
The new configuration file wizard will create a new XML file with a basic outline of a configuration file for Abator. You do not need to use this wizard, but it is useful for setting up a new configuration file.
You can access the wizard from the menu: "File>New>Abator for iBATIS Configuration File"
The run Abator action is the heart of the Eclipse user interface. The plug-in will add a popup menu option called "Generate iBATIS Artifacts" to any XML file that has the root element of "abatorConfiguration". To run Abator, right click on an Abator configuration file in any view and select the menu option.