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Re: [platform-ant-dev] Need to run Ant script programmatically
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We don't need it ASAP but would like to be able to try it out sometimes
before the end of the year (I guess M4). What we would like to provide is a
one-stop-shop support for building update sites (a 'Build' button for
building features, plug-ins and fragments needed to publish on an update
site). This kind of infrastructure is somewhat tricky to do right, so the
sooner we get the needed API, the sooner we can start building on top of
it.
Perhaps an ideal timeline would be to get a first cut of the API for M3 so
that you can iterate based on our feedback until M4. Basically we don't
need anything over and above the current support provided by the 'Run Ant'
wizard, just need it in a 'headless' class that we can use in our own
wizard. That way people will not need to stare at the list of ant tasks
trying to figure out which one to select to do the right thing.
Regards,
Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
Manager, Eclipse Platform Components
D2/MY7/8200/MKM
IBM Canada Ltd.
Tel. 905 413-2745 T/L 969-2745
Fax. 905 413-4854
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With a quick look, I see no technical reason for this to not be possible.
What kind of timeline are you looking at for implementing this enhancement?
The ant / external tools components will be making major changes over the
next couple of
milestones (not including M2).
Darins
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> (A copy of the feature requiest 24718 posted here to start a discussion):
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> PDE UI has a usability problem when it comes to building plug-ins and
> features.
> All the scripts can be generated programmatically but running them
requires
> UI-
> based 'Run Ant' wizard. From the PDE point of view, this wizard is too
low-
> level. A more user-friendly wizard provided by PDE would be better.
>
> For this to work, we need to be able to run Ant scripts programmatically
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> without the mentioned wizard. We need to be able to select tasks and set
> properties programmatically, as well as get the runnable we can run in
our
> wizard.
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> Therefore, we need a class that can accept a file path (we want
> to be able to run the build.xml file created outside the workspace),
> can allow us to select tasks to run and also allows us to set properties.
> In short we should be able to configure it in the analogous way a user
> can configure the RunAntWizard. The class would not have a 'run' method -
> instead, it would have 'getOperation()' that returns
IRunnableWithProgress
> that we can call from our wizard. The class can launch Ant Console
> (if configured to do so) but must do it ansynchronously because it will
> be executed on a non-GUI thread.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
> Manager, Eclipse Platform Components
> D2/MY7/8200/MKM
> IBM Canada Ltd.
> Tel. 905 413-2745 T/L 969-2745
> Fax. 905 413-4854
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