| RE: [cdt-dev] dynamic toolchain discovery |
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Hi, If you are talking about
the ability to specify tool-chains without modifying plugin.xml file, than you
can implement a dymanicElementProvider in your plugin.xml file and provide a custom
logic for loading the managed build information including loading this
information from non-plugin sources. Note: there is one limitation on this
functionality currently: it is not possible to specify java call-backs used in
the managed build elements (e.g. dependency calculator) unless your IManagedConfigElement
implementation is inherited from the org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.DefaultManagedConfigElement.
See the bug# 91230 (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=91230)
for more detail. Note: the information
specified with the dymanicElementProvider is read only once while Managed Build
System (MBS) loads extension elements and you can not update it dynamically
during the session. We are planning to implement
dynamic behavior in the future, e.g. the ability to load tool-chain definitions
from an external xml file specified by the user. So, there is no way
currently to update the extension info dynamically, but theoretically you can
do it programmatically by creating new extension elements. Note that extension
elements are typically created unresolved and you might need to implement the
resolving logic, e.g. similar to the one implemented in the ManagedBuildManager.loadExtensionsSynchronized(). Let me know if you need a
more detailed info regarding either of the above approaches. Regards, Mikhail From:
cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yu-Fen Kuo Hi All, Does CDT support dynamic toolchain discovery? In
additional to supplying the toolchain info in buildDefinitions extension, I
would like to be able to allow users to add new toolchains without modifying
plugin.xml file. Is there anyway of doing it? Where can I find more information
about it? Thanks |