Re: [aspectj-dev] AspectJ/AJDT/Eclipse

[Macneil Shonle <Macneil.Shonle@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Wes,

Thanks, that answers my questions!

So what CVS tree's do I need for ajc work? (Ie. what trees are necessary and 
sufficient for building a standalone ajc? I'd rather not get all of the sources 
for eclipse, but if there is no choice then there is no choice.)

Thanks,
Macneil

> > I'm a little confused over the story between
> > 
> >   AspectJ,
> >   AJDT, and
> >   Eclipse.
> 
> - Eclipse is a software platform.
> 
> - JDT is an eclipse project to support Java development.  
>   JDT has a Java compiler.
> 
> - AspectJ 1.1 is built on Eclipse/JDT's Java compiler
>   but is distributed and can run standalone.
> 
> - AJDT is an eclipse project to integrate AspectJ into Eclipse/JDT
>   so you can use Eclipse to develop AspectJ programs.
> 
> This is the right level of separation/integration.  AspectJ is 
> available standalone, and supports external projects doing IDE 
> integrations in Eclipse, Emacs, JBuilder, and NetBeans.
> 
> > P.S. I only need the sources for ajc, but the aspectj-tools-src-1.0.6.tgz 
file's
> > contents are very different than the CVS org.aspectj repository's contents. 
What
> > is the definitive version? 
> 
> The 1.1 version of AspectJ is built on eclipse's Java compiler,
> so the 1.0 and 1.1 sources are almost completely different.
> 
> So the definitive version of 1.0 is in aspectj-tools-src-1.0.6.tgz, and
> the definitive version of 1.1 is in the eclipse CVS tree.
> 
> I hope that answers your questions.
> Wes