tern.server.j2v8 is a tern server implementation based on J2V8.

• J2V8 jar : as J2V8 depends on the OS, you need to use the well J2V8 according your OS. See Bundled Native Libraries article. Note it exists now j2v8_win32_x86_64.jar for Windows 64 bits.

• OSGify J2V8 : as J2V8 is not today an OSGi bundle (see issue 37 of J2V8), you need to create yourself an OSGi bundle. I have done that at hand in thirdparties/j2v8 (just for my need). The MANIFEST.MF export the package :

Export-Package: com.eclipsesource.v8,
com.eclipsesource.v8.utils

and Eclipse-PlatformFilter (which will be usefull for update site (see issue 36 of J2V8:

Eclipse-PlatformFilter: (& (osgi.ws=win32)(osgi.os=win32)(osgi.arch=x86_64))

• have Java7 installed, because J2V8 depends on Java7. Hope it will change that. See issue 38 of J2V8

tern.eclipse.swt.samples provides a sample with a simple SWT Text & the J2V8 tern server implementation. To use it :

• import the following projects in your workspace :

• the J2V8 bundle according your OS. If you have Windows 64 bits you can use https://github.com/angelozerr/tern.java/tree/master/thirdparties/j2v8/j2v8_win32_x86_64

• minimal-json. You can find it at https://github.com/angelozerr/tern.java/tree/master/thirdparties/minimal-json

• tern.core

• tern.eclipse

• tern.eclipse.swt.samples

• tern.server.j2v8

• ternjs

• Run the main https://github.com/angelozerr/tern.java/blob/master/samples/tern.eclipse.swt.samples/src/tern/eclipse/swt/samples/j2v8/J2V8TernEditor.java

You can play with Ctrl+Space to open tern completion :

• no need to implement require AMD function, because ternjs is able to execute without node.js inside Web Browser. The J2V8 tern server implementation works like if ternjs was executed in a Web Browser.

• don't use V80bject because we need every time release it. I have just use String (which follows JSON format) for tern request/response.

• implement basic console.log. I think J2V8 should provide that.

• not tested, but is it working if there are several J2V8 tern server (several v8 instances)? Because in Eclipse IDE, there are a tern server per Eclipse project.

• some tern plugin requires require node function to support their features like :

• the node tern plugin which uses require to retrieve list of node module by completion inside require.

• tern-closure which works only in node.js context

• I will implement soon angular completion for templateUrl which will use require('fs') to retrieve list of HTML files.

• clean code!
• integrate the thern server J2V8 inside Eclipse IDE