element-connector

The element-connector is a Java socket abstraction for UDP, DTLS, TCP, etc. It is used to modularize Californium (Cf) and add DTLS support through the standalone Scandium (Sc) project. Further projects can add so add different transports independently (e.g., TCP, SMS, or special sockets when running in an optimized VM such as Virtenio's PreonVM).

Maven

Usually the element-connector is already included as Maven dependency in the Californium projects. Alternatively, use mvn clean install in the root directory to build and install the artifact locally.

The Maven repositories are:

  <repositories>
    ...
    <repository>
      <id>repo.eclipse.org</id>
      <name>Californium Repository - Releases</name>
      <url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/californium-releases/</url>
    </repository>
    <repository>
      <id>repo.eclipse.org</id>
      <name>Californium Repository - Snapshots</name>
      <url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/californium-snapshots/</url>
    </repository>
    ...
  </repositories>

Eclipse

The project also includes the project files for Eclipse. Make sure to have the following before importing the project:

• Eclipse EGit
• m2e - Maven Integration for Eclipse
• UTF-8 workspace text file encoding (Preferences » General » Workspace)

Then choose [Import... » Git » Projects from Git » Local] to import californium.element-connector into Eclipse.