The simplest way to test your Java plugin is to start the plugin from the command line. To do this, first ensure that your plugin has compiled successfully by running a command similar to the one below:

set CLASSPATH=.;"C:\Program Files\iNTERFACEWARE\Chameleon\java\classes.jar";"C:\Program Files\iNTERFACEWARE\Chameleon\java\IGC_java_classes.jar";.

javac -classpath %CLASSPATH% SourcePluginExample.java

After the plugin has compiled successfully, you can run it from the command line. For example, the following sequence of commands runs the source plugin that is generated by Chameleon's stubcode generation wizard:

set CLASSPATH=.;"C:\Program Files\iNTERFACEWARE\Chameleon\java\classes.jar";"C:\Program Files\iNTERFACEWARE\Chameleon\java\IGC_java_classes.jar";.

java -classpath %CLASSPATH% SourcePluginExample localhost 6123 plugin_test

When you run these commands, output similar to the following appears in the command prompt window:

	If you used the Chameleon stubcode generator to generate your plugin, you may need to ensure that the VMD file that you used to generate the stubcode is located in the same directory as your generated Java classes.

• In Iguana, click the Logs tab to view the logs. The logs should indicate that the test message was received from the source plugin and added to the message queue:

• If this message appears, the plugin works properly. At this point, you can close the plugin.

If this test is successful, you are ready to test whether the plugin works when started from the Iguana channel. The next section describes how to do this.