Re: [m2m-atl-dev] Problems with Ant tasks

[Dennis Wagelaar <dennis.wagelaar@xxxxxxxxx>]

Check, I've had long-standing problems with the Eclipse runtime 
workbench. I often use the main workbench instead.

For me, the problem is that any .ecore files are not copied from src/ to 
bin/ when you choose to launch a runtime workbench. The .ecore files 
*do* get copied when you export the final plugin, so when you install 
that plugin in your actual workbench. Manual copying solves this, but 
oh, the overhead... :-(

This problem is different, it seems. Probably, no jar files are 
generated before launching a runtime workbench. The runtime workbench 
typically uses the bin/ folders of the plugins. I suppose you can define 
a build.xml file in the lib/ folder that creates the jar file on demand. 
All you need to do is package the bin_ant/ folder. As cherry on the 
cake, you can then add that build.xml file to your project build chain, 
and it will be executed each time you change the source code ;-).

I committed this to CVS. I'll also look into the missing .ecore files 
for running a runtime workbench instance of the ATL engine plugin...

Cheers,
Dennis

Freddy Allilaire schreef:
> Hi Dennis,
>
> I have tested your update of Ant tasks.
>
> When I try to use the AM3 ant tasks in a Runtime-Workbench :-( , it 
> seems Eclipse cannot find them.
> I got the following trace in the Error Log: "The library 
> "lib/am3ToolsAnt.jar" specified from "org.eclipse.gmt.am3.tools.ant" for 
> the extraClasspathEntries extension does not exist."
>
> But when I use the Ant tasks from a binaries build, it works perfectly 
> :-) .
>
> I don't understand why this doesn't work. Your code seems perfect to me 
> :-\ . Maybe it is a configuration problem.
>
> Do you have the same results from your side with a Runtime-Workbench?
>
> Cheers,
> Freddy.

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