[cdt-dev] Updating MBS project tyes - converter does not get called

["Ploett, Norbert" <norbert.ploett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

 

I was overhauling some org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.buildDefinitions and now I want to distribute the updated definitions to my clients. The ids for projectType, configuration and toolchain have remained the same but I changed pretty much every id for the tool and builder definitions. Referring to the document attached to bugzilla #89872 I thought I'd go by this simple scheme:

 

- Simply append a version identifier to the projectType definition, like so:

 

  previously:   <projectType id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe"

  afterwards:   <projectType id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe_2.0.0"

 

- Make any changes I like below  and rely on my converter implementation to put things straight later on.

 

- Declare a project converter

 

 <extension
       point="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.projectConverter">
    <converter
          id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.convert_old_2.0.0"
          fromId="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe"
          toId="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe_2.0.0"/>
          mbsVersion="3.1.0"
          name="AuDis Builddefinitions Converter, old to 2.0.0"
          class="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.Converter_200_Old"
 </extension>

But the converter never gets called.

 

Reading the documentation in #89872 seemed to indicate that the old project type declaration must still be present in the file so I tried with a dummy declaration which has the convertToId attribute:

  <projectType
   id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe"
   name="AuDis executable built on Windows host"
   convertToId="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe_2.0.0"/>

Didn't work either.

Then I retried specifying the old configuration and toolchain in addition to the project type:

 

  <projectType
   id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe"
   name="AuDis executable built on Windows host"
   convertToId="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe_2.0.0">
   <configuration
               id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe.debug"
               convertToId="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe.debug_2.0.0">
    <toolChain
                  id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe.debug.wintools"
                  convertToId="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe.debug.wintools_2.0.0"/>
   </configuration>
   <configuration
               id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe.release"
               convertToId="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe.release_2.0.0">
    <toolChain
                  id="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe.release.wintools"
                  convertToId="com.siemens.ad.rtp.audis.tools.exe.release.wintools_2.0.0"/>
   </configuration>
  </projectType>   

Converter still doesn't get called.

What more can I do? (Huh, Leo?)

 

Thanks for reading this far and a pointer to the next step.

 

 

 

Norbert Ploett