To launch programs within the Eclipse IDE, a configuration file known as a Run Configuration must be created, which instructs Eclipse to perform a particular action or series of actions, eventually starting the program.
Eclipse Run Configurations (.launch
files) are XML files. Each file declares one element named launchConfiguration
, which holds the data of the run config.
The launchConfiguration
must declare a type
attribute, where the type
is any launchConfigurationType
declared by Eclipse or an extension (such as Buildship).