Re: [cdt-dev] Adding build configurations

[wspear <wspear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you very much for the help.  I've been able to generate new 
configurations and dig into the build chain.  Fun stuff.  Some new 
questions have come up though.

1: How do you save a new build configuration permanently?  Presently the 
ones I generate with this method are absent after restarting Eclipse.

ManagedBuildManager.saveBuildInfo(project.getProject(),true); was the 
only method I could find that seemed like it might address this, but 
using it only seems to break the managed build system of the target 
project (it becomes unavailable).  The same thing happens if the new 
configuration is selected and applied via the UI before restarting 
Eclipse. 

Does the build configuration ID (or does other configuration data) need 
to conform to any particular format to ensure that it can be properly 
saved to a CDT project's persistent files?

On a possibly related note, 
ManagedBuildManager.setSelectedConfiguration(project.getProject(),newConfig); 
does not seem to have any effect.  (It isn't documented but I would 
expect it to be the programmatic equivalent of selecting and applying a 
build configuration in the UI).

2:  How do you modify the configuration-specific environment settings?  
I've checked out the EnvironmentVariableSupplier and 
EnvironmentVariableProvider systems.  There are lots of 'gets' but I 
haven't yet discovered a way of programmatically setting or appending to 
the environment.

Thanks Again,
Wyatt


Treggiari, Leo wrote:

> You should use the interfaces/methods defined in
> org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.  These are the "somewhat" public
> managed build system interfaces.  I say "somewhat" since they aren't
> documented, and it is possible that some might change, be removed, etc.
> when we do document the public interfaces.  But we won't make changes
> without good reason.
>
> Here is an example of how you would add a new configuration to a
> project.
>
> IManagedBuildInfo info = ManagedBuildManager.getBuildInfo(project);
> IManagedProject managedProj = info.getManagedProject();
> IConfiguration newConfig =
> managedProj.createConfiguration(parentConfig, id); 		
>
> Regards,
> Leo
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of wspear
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:39 PM
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> Subject: [cdt-dev] Adding build configurations
>
> Greetings,
>
> I'm looking for a good way to programmatically (with a plugin) add new 
> build configurations (supplementing Debug and Release) to the CDT's 
> managed make build system (either for specified projects or globally).  
> A means of automatically defining configuration environment variables, 
> in particular, would be useful. 
>
> If someone could point me to the relevant chunk of the CDT API or source
>
> (if such functions are implemented) that would be great.  Editing the 
> relevant XML file(s) directly has been the only method I've found so far
>
> and I'm guessing that's not the best practice (plus I haven't yet found 
> how to add configuration environment variables via the XML file(s)).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wyatt Spear
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