Patterns are Eclipse plug-ins packaged and stored as RAS assets. You import RAS pattern assets to install the pattern plug-in. Then you can apply the patterns contained in the RAS asset. You can import RAS pattern assets from a directory location or from a RAS repository.
A RAS pattern asset may contain more than one pattern. You must import the entire asset to use one of its patterns. You do this by selecting the RAS asset, not the pattern asset.
You import the RAS pattern asset with the RAS Import wizard. During import of the RAS asset, the plug-in is added to an Eclipse plug-in directory and the patterns contained in the plug-in are listed in the Pattern Explorer view.
After
you perform a search and locate a pattern you want to apply, you can import
the related RAS pattern asset by clicking its icon in the Search view.
Or, you can choose to view the asset in the RAS Asset Explorer view and
import it from there. Note that any patterns that appear in the Pattern
Explorer view are already imported.
To import a pattern: