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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:18:50 +0100
From: "Xavier Hanin" <xavier.hanin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] EasyAnt: Ant based pre packaged build system for java
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On Jan 10, 2008 8:16 PM, kermitt <herve.bourzeix@genesys.com> wrote:

>
> I wish we could find a way to bundle common tasks : I have more than 9
> templates :
>
> build-common.xml
> build-j2ee.xml
> build-war.xml
> build-ejb.xml
> build-ws.xml
> build-client-ws.xml
> build-ear.xml
> ...
>
> These builds just formalize my build system based on Ivy.
> For each project I need to sync those files which is a pain within a team.
> How to enforce team to use your  build process, how do you easly patch,
> add
> feature. It's puzzling me. Today I need to copy paste all these files all
> over my projects.
>
> I think Ivy dictate somehow the build process as you always need to
> perform
> some tasks configure/resolve/cachepath...
>
> My common-build.xml has 9 visible targets:
>
> all -> clean , build , package , publish
> build -> init ivy -> resolve -> compute classpath -> do I have something
> to
> build ? (has dependencies  changed? files ?)  -> find what is the next
> release -> compile
> clean -> clean any generated files
> doc -> build any doc
> package -> make a jar
> publish -> get current ivy version -> publish jar on local repo
> share -> publish jar on integration repo
> release -> publish jar in test/prod repo
> test -> lauch unit tests
>
>
> I wish Ant import would support URL + jar like that :
>
> <project ...>
>   <import url="http://repo/build.jar!common-build.xml<http://repo/build.jar%21common-build.xml>
> "/>
> </project>
>
> As ivy became a sub project, it would make sense to have a closer
> integration like :
>
> <project ...>
>   <import url="ivy://settings.xml:org/module/artifact@MyResolver" />
> <!--
> would locate the settings.xml file and seek a build-common.xml file using
> MyResolver resolver.
> -->
> </project>
>
> we could imagine deeper integration :
>
> <project ...>
>   <import url="ivy://settings.xml:org/module/artifact@MyResolver"
> ivyFile="${basedir]/ivy.xml"/>
> <!--
> configure ivy / read the ivy file
> would map each ivy configuration to a path ( path could use a lazy resolve
> proxy: resolve only when it get used)
> would import resolved artifcat as an ant build file
>
> -->
> </project>


Improving the import mechanism to leverage Ivy is indeed a good idea and a
good solution to package the build system parts. I also like what has been
done in merevaik, leveraging directly the xmlns support in Ant (see the
comment on my blog).

Xavier


>
>
> I think is not easy to not like maven ... but Xavier is right it's time to
> go a step beyond with ant+ivy
>
>
> So any comments on that ?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant
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