Apache IvyDE Eclipse plugin integrates Apache Ivy’s dependency management into Eclipse™. It lets you manage your dependencies declared in an ivy.xml file in your Java Eclipse projects, or any other kind of project which needs dependency management.
A summary of the features it provides follows:
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Managed classpath container: for Java projects, automatic build of you classpath with resolve and downloads of jars and sources of your dependencies, and also managed project inter dependencies within the workspace.
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Ivy XML files editor: creation wizard, html preview and completion for Ivy XML tags, attributes, and attribute values.
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Ivy settings files editor: completion for XML tags, attributes, and attribute values.
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Ivy console: presents every log from Ivy to assist in debugging a failing resolve.
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Reverse Dependency Explorer: helps you work with conflicting dependencies amongst several projects.
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Resolve and retrieve for non Java project: automation of the retrieval of your dependencies in your non Java project
Apache IvyDE can be also used with other plugins like WTP and Apache Ant.
A single page version documentation can be found here.