[platform-ant-dev] Change options on javac, specifically failonerror

[Adam Terrenzio <adam.terrenzio@xxxxxxx>]

The default settings for javac are great for a single user working at his
desktop.  The PDE even does an exceptional job at combining option files to
make the build.xml scripts to construct the deliverable artefacts.  I am
however having some problems getting the generated XML exactly how I like
it.  Specifically within the javac task I want to set the failonerror to
true.

<target name="example.jar" depends="init">
<property name="destdir" value="${temp.folder}/example.jar.bin"/>
	<delete dir="${temp.folder}/example.jar.bin"/>
	<mkdir dir="${temp.folder}/example.jar.bin"/>
	<!-- compile the source code -->
	<javac destdir="${temp.folder}/example.jar.bin" failonerror="false"
verbose="true" debug="on" includeAntRuntime="no"
bootclasspath="${bootclasspath}" classpath="F:/eclipse/plugins/ ..... .jar">
		<src path="java/"/>
	</javac>
	....
	....
	</target>

This is what gets automatically generated by the PDE when I select 'create
plugin jars'.  We work in a team setting and have a separate box perform the
builds nightly by running the generated build.xml files.  If each user
remember to go in and fix the failonerror=true then everything is fine.
Every time the project structure is slightly modified, the simplest way to
correct the XML is to simply re-generate it and the setting ends up back as
false.

My first question is - Can anyone help me configure this properly?
My second question is - Is this the correct forum for this question?

Thanks for your help,
Adam.

Adam Terrenzio
Software Developer, Research and Development, MKS Inc., www.mks.com
Waterloo, ON, Canada
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