Re: Automation of Eclipse workspace configuration for Tuscany SCA Java

[Raymond Feng <en...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

This is all about automation in a batch mode. Sure, we can always start 
Eclipse, configure, refresh and rebuild manually. But that need "clicks" 
from a human:-). This plugin allows the configuration of an Eclipse 
workspace for Tuscany in a command line so that it be integrated with the 
build or a cron job. For example, I can do the following now:

1. Update from svn, run maven build and refresh/rebuild my Eclipse workspace 
during the midnight while I'm sleeping.
2. Produce an Eclipse workspace for a subset of Tuscany (such as the 
travelsample) or most of the open source projects that I can use for source 
code reviewing or debugging.

Thanks,
Raymond

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From: "Simon Laws" <si...@googlemail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:54 AM
To: <de...@tuscany.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Automation of Eclipse workspace configuration for Tuscany SCA 
Java

> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Raymond Feng <en...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I prototyped an Eclipse plugin that can be run in command line (headless
>> mode) to automate the configuration of Eclipse workspace for Tuscany SCA
>> Java development. Potentially, it can be integrated with some scripts to
>> produce the workspace after the maven build.
>>
>> You can install it from:
>>
>> http://people.apache.org/~rfeng/tuscany/eclipse-workspace-updatesite/
>>
>> To develop Tuscany SCA using Eclipse, we are required to configure the
>> workspace as follows:
>>
>>   * Create a classpath variable M2_REPO that points to the maven local
>> repository
>>   * Set the target platform from the target definition file generated by
>> Tuscany distribution
>>   * Import the projects from the directory where Tuscany source code is
>> checked out and built
>>   * Refresh and build the Eclipse workspace
>>
>> All these steps only work manually with Eclipse UI. It's time consuming 
>> and
>> error-prone.
>>
>> With this tiny Eclipse application, we can now confiure an Eclipse 
>> workspace
>> on a command line. For example, you can run the following command:
>>
>> On Windows:
>> eclipsec -nosplash -data c:\workspace\tuscany -application
>> org.apache.tuscany.eclipse.workspace.WorkspaceConfigurator -source.root
>> C:\tuscany\sca-java-2.x\trunk -target.definition
>> C:\tuscany\sca-java-2.x\trunk\distribution\all\target\features\tuscany-distribution-all\tuscany-pde35.target
>>
>> On Linux:
>> eclipse -nosplash -data /workspace/tuscany -application
>> org.apache.tuscany.eclipse.workspace.WorkspaceConfigurator -source.root
>> /tuscany/sca-java-2.x/trunk -target.definition
>> /tuscany/sca-java-2.x/trunk/distribution/all/target/features/tuscany-distribution-all/tuscany-pde35.target
>>
>> Feedbacks are welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Raymond
>> ---
>> Raymond Feng
>> Apache Tuscany PMC Member: http://tuscany.apache.org
>> Co-author of Tuscany In Action (A book on Tuscany SCA):
>> http://tuscanyinaction.com/
>> Web: http://www.enjoyjava.com
>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/raymondfeng
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi Raymond
>
> Couple of questions...
>
> Why do you need to refresh/build from the command line?
> Is it mandatory to have this function be part of Eclipse.
>
> Simon