Fix dependencies on pivot projects

[Sandro Martini <sa...@gmail.com>]

Hi to all,
in my environment I've just changed the dependency between pivot
projects and all is good (otherwise for example updating core i got
many compilation errors in eclipse).
This is the sequence:
- core, no dependency
- wtk depends on core
- web depends on core, wtk => maybe only wtk could be enough ...
- tools depends on web (and its dependency)
- tutorials depends on tools (and its dependency)
- demos depends on tutorials (and its dependency)

ok, some dependencies aren't really required, but could help in many
cases, the compiler, and us as a logic sequence.

And a last thing, for me it's very boring: anytime i synchronize the
full wtk subproject, the reference to the java plugin jar is lost.
I've added a dependency in wtk to an (eclipse) var env JAVA_PLUGIN, so
anyone having build errors could simply define this var (not lost when
synchronize a project) that point to its jar.
And the same could be useful in the demos, for JAVA_WEB_START var env.

What do you think ?

Bye,
Sandro

Re: Fix dependencies on pivot projects

[Greg Brown <gk...@mac.com>]

>> Tools, Tutorials, and Demos depend on Core, Web, and WTK. They are
>> independent projects and do not have dependencies on each other.

>I know, but in this way eclipse has a better ordering to compile them
>... and also for who look at the code from inside eclipse could have a
>clear idea of relationship between projects.

That's just the point. There *is* no relationship between these projects. For example, I should be able to remove the Tools project without breaking Demos and Tutorials.

Re: Fix dependencies on pivot projects

[Sandro Martini <sa...@gmail.com>]

Hi Greg,

> Web does depend on Core, but not on WTK.
> Tools, Tutorials, and Demos depend on Core, Web, and WTK. They are
> independent projects and do not have dependencies on each other.
I know, but in this way eclipse has a better ordering to compile them
... and also for who look at the code from inside eclipse could have a
clear idea of relationship between projects.

But it's a little thing, no problem.


> You should be able set this up in your Workspace preferences, under Java >
> Installed JREs > JVM 1.6.0, click "Add External JARs" and add plugin.jar.
> You can also add javaws.jar this way.
Yes, I know, thanks, but I think my way is a little better:
any single project that needs some additional resource has an explicit
dependency on it.
And in this way the JRE as seen in eclipse is not changed.

But it's a little thing, no problem.

Sandro

Re: Fix dependencies on pivot projects

[Greg Brown <gk...@mac.com>]

> - core, no dependency
> - wtk depends on core
> - web depends on core, wtk => maybe only wtk could be enough ...

Web does depend on Core, but not on WTK.

> - tools depends on web (and its dependency)

> - tutorials depends on tools (and its dependency)
> - demos depends on tutorials (and its dependency)

Tools, Tutorials, and Demos depend on Core, Web, and WTK. They are  
independent projects and do not have dependencies on each other.

> And a last thing, for me it's very boring: anytime i synchronize the
> full wtk subproject, the reference to the java plugin jar is lost.

You should be able set this up in your Workspace preferences, under  
Java > Installed JREs > JVM 1.6.0, click "Add External JARs" and add  
plugin.jar. You can also add javaws.jar this way.