Disclaimer
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Apache Empire-db is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF),
sponsored by the Apache Incubator PMC. Incubation is required of all newly accepted
projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications,
and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other
successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of
the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet
to be fully endorsed by the ASF.

Getting Started
===============

For a good introdution to Empire-db please read the tutorial.pdf, that can be found in the empire-db-examples directory.  

This component requires a Java 5 JDK (or higher).

=== Building ===

To build Empire-db you need Apache Maven, more information on: http://maven.apache.org
Use this maven command to build Empire-db: 'mvn clean install'

There are various ways to open the project(s) in your favorite IDE:

=== Eclipse ===
 
 - Install the m2eclipse plugin and import the projects directly
   http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org/
   In eclipse: Import... Maven projects
 
 - Run 'mvn clean install eclipse:eclipse -DdownloadSources=true' 
   In eclipse: Import... Existing projects into workspace
   
=== Netbeans ===

 - Install the maven plugin available in the update center (tools - plugins)
   Open the project like you open any other netbeans project


Getting help
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The best place for help is the mailing list, please visit our website for more information.

http://incubator.apache.org