[platform-ant-dev] Eclipse 2.1.0 AntRunner regression from 2.0.0

[Štěpán Roh <rohs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, I have a problem with AntRunner. I'm embedding Ant in my code using 
following construct:

AntRunner ant = new AntRunner();
ant.addBuildLogger(AntLogger.class.getName());
ant.setBuildFileLocation(SOME_PATH);
ant.setArguments("-Dbuild.compiler=" + SOME_COMPILER);
ant.run(SOME_MONITOR);

AntLogger is a special build logger which integrates Ant logs into the rest of 
the system.

Both are in the same plugin, AntRunnerWrapper is in some.jar, AntLogger in 
some-ant.jar. Both are mentioned in plugin.xml.

I also defined these extensions:

   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.ant.core.extraClasspathEntries">
      <extraClasspathEntry
            library="some-ant.jar"/>
   </extension>
   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.ant.core.antTasks">
      <antTask
            library="some-ant.jar"
            name="SOME_TASK"
            class="SOME_CLASS">
      </antTask>
   </extension>

When I run the code I get:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException[1]: 
com.disnetsoft.builder.core.ant.AntLogger which was specified to perform 
logging is not an instance of org.apache.tools.ant.BuildLogger.
        at 
org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.createLogger(InternalAntRunner.java:659)
        at 
org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.addBuildListeners(InternalAntRunner.java:192)
        at 
org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:522)
        at 
org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:367)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:335)
        at MY_CODE 
--- Nested Exception ---
java.lang.ClassCastException: com.disnetsoft.builder.core.ant.AntLogger
        at 
org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.createLogger(InternalAntRunner.java:655)
        at 
org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.addBuildListeners(InternalAntRunner.java:192)
        at 
org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:522)
        at 
org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:367)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:335)
        at MY_CODE

AntLogger is of course instance of org.apache.tools.ant.BuildLogger.

The exact same code worked in Eclipse 2.0.0, but is not working in Eclipse 
2.1.0. If I replace libraries in plugins org.apache.ant and 
org.eclipse.ant.core with those from Eclipse 2.0.0 everything works (which is 
not a big surprise).

I tried to debug it (and, trust me, this classpath and reflection hell is 
giving me headaches) and it looks like AntLogger and its interface 
BuildLogger are normally loaded from plugins they belong to, but it is then 
casted to BuildLogger from different ClassLoader. This is the relevant part 
from InternalAntRunner (as presented in Eclipse 2.1.0):

private BuildLogger createLogger() {
        if (loggerClassname == null) {
                 buildLogger= new DefaultLogger();
         } else if (!"".equals(loggerClassname)) { //$NON-NLS-1$
// ...snip...
buildLogger = (BuildLogger) (Class.forName(loggerClassname).newInstance());
// ...snip...
         }
         return buildLogger;
}

I had an impression that BuildLogger in InternalAntRunner is actually loaded 
from jar file on Ant's classpath, but now I'm not as sure as I was, but it is 
the only reason I can think of.

Am I doing something wrong, am I stupid? Please tell me.

Thanks.

Stepan Roh
rohs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx