[aspectj-dev] -inpath ??

["Andrew Clement" <CLEMAS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

As some of you know, I am looking at
this feature.  The idea 
is that we want to remove the requirement
that users package
up class files into a jar in order
to do binary weaving.
(Today, once they are packaged they
are passed in on 
 the -injars parameter)

I just prototyped the support for allowing
directories to be
passed in, in addition to jars.  This
means the compiler
will weave into any class files it
finds in the directory
tree specified.  

I just can't decide on the externals
and am after 
some opinions.

My prototype extended -injars so that
it allowed directories
as well as zips/jars - so in fact -injars
supports something
like the classpath format now "a.zip;c:\mydir;b.jar".
 It
runs like this:

ajc -injars c:\MyEclipseJavaProjectBinDir
TracingAspect.java 

Now, if only it was -inpath ...

So these are the options I see:
- Add a brand new -inpath option that
supercedes -injars
- Rename -injars to -inpath
- Just leave it as prototyped where
-injars has a 'looser'
  (misleading!) meaning.

I'm worried about the impact on:
- migration of stuff already out there
using the old option.
- documentation of the option
- amount of extra work I have to do
!!! :)

thanks,
Andy.
AJDT Development