RE: [platform-ant-dev] Run Ant outside of Launch Configurations?

["Sikha, Naresh" <Naresh.Sikha@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Darin.

 

This is getting me further along the launch configuration path, but, perhaps, not closer to my goal.

 

Here is my goal: I would like to run Ant within Eclipse so that the output can go to the Eclipse console, but that the Ant buildfile may be located anywhere - just like invoking Ant with the '-f' argument.

 

In Eclipse 2.0 this was accomplished easily using the AntRunner and setting the buildfile to an arbitrary string and the logger class to 'org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.internal.ui.ant.AntBuildLogger'.

 

In Eclipse 2.1 the AntRunner is still there but the AntBuildLogger is not. I understand it is in an 'internal' package marking it as subject to change/removal, but I can't seem to find a replacement.

 

Q: Is there a replacement to AntBuildLogger that I may have overlooked?

 

So my simple goal is to run AntRunner over an aribitrary buildfile (in the workspace or outside of it) passing it a logger class name that will output the logs into the Eclipse console.

 

I started looking at the AntLaunchShortcut class again in an 'internal' package. Now I'm down the rabbit hole of working with Launch Configurations. I found that the LaunchConfiguration requires an IFile object which is only valid under the workspace (references outside the workspace return null).

 

Q: Is there any, simple, middle ground between the Eclipse 2.0 AntBuildLogger and the Eclipse 2.1 AntLaunchShortcut/LaunchConfigurations? Alternatively, is there documentation on how to migrate from AntRunner/AntBuildLogger to LaunchConfigurations?

 

I'm also not well versed with all the developments between Eclipse 2.0 and Eclipse 2.1. If there are pieces of documentation that describe these changes at a higher level, then I think I can work from them back down to my specific example.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

-Naresh

-----Original Message-----
From: Darin Wright [mailto:Darin_Wright@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:54 AM
To: platform-ant-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [platform-ant-dev] Run Ant outside of Launch Configurations?

Mark the launch configuration as private - @see IDebugUIConstants.ATTR_PRIVATE

Darin

"Sikha, Naresh" <Naresh.Sikha@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-ant-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 09/09/2003 01:23 PM Please respond to platform-ant-dev

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If this isn't the appropriate list, the recommended list to post to would be greatly appreciated.
 
Platform-ant-dev,
 
Is it possible to run Ant outside of the launch configuration mechanism with Eclipse 2.1.1 or greater? I would like to use Ant run run a batch job, initiated from an Eclipse plugin, capturing the output to the Ant console view, but not have the invocation referenceable in the Launch Configurations window.
 
Thanks for your feedback.
 
-Naresh
 

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