This page guides you how to set up the plug-in development environment for Astah Professional.

Set up the development environment

  1. Make sure that your environment meets the System Requirements.

2. Download the Astah Plug-in SDK. (The SDK is based on Maven3).

3. Extract the Astah Plug-in SDK to a folder then set the following environment variables.

  • Specify the ‘astah-plugin-SDK-x.x\bin’ folder for the [PATH] environment variable, where the executable files of the Astah Plug-in SDK are located.
e.g.) set PATH=C:\dev\astah-plugin-SDK-x.x\bin;%PATH%
  • If the environment variable [JAVA_HOME] is not specified, install Java that meets the System Requirement (Most of Astah installers are including Java, so you may not need to install.). Then add [JAVA_HOME] and specify the folder.
e.g.) set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_65

4. Run the command below.

> asdk

5. If the below appears, that means an installation of Astah Plug-in SDK is completed.

> astah* Plug-in SDK version: x.x

6. Open %ASDK_HOME%\conf\settings.xml in a text editor. It contains preset profiles for each Astah edition and OS. By default, the profile for Astah Professional on Windows is selected.
setting-xml-astah-professional

Make sure the profile for your OS is selected and the others are commented out. Then check that the Astah application path and edition are correct in the following three properties:

  • <file> – <exists>
  • <properties> – <astahPath>
  • <properties> – <astahEdition>
settings-xml-professional

Now, run the command below to make sure Astah launches on the SDK.:

> astah-launch
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If the error happens…

If you get one of the following errors, please try the workaround noted here: Return code is: 501, ReasonPhrase:HTTPS Required or Could not transfer artifact xxx from/to central.

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