Hi Walden,Thanks for that. I'm going to give this a try and let you know what I have. To clarify though, whenever we use the <source ="x"> tag in the pkg1.gwt.xml, is there not a way to have this defined for a whole package as opposed to each singular class? I would think that many large projects would find this an annoyance if it had to be done for each class right? Or are there are considerations I am not thinking about?
Suri On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:47 AM, walden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Suri, > > If the current Java code is in the same project where you are adding > GWT on the client, you don't need a jar. > > Your current Java code does have to be sanitized to meet the 'closed > world' requirements of the GWT compiler. Read the documentation on > the GWT compiler and JRE emulation classes for details. > > Your current Java code will have to be findable by the GWT compiler, > which means there must be a .gwt.xml file on the classpath when you > run the GWT compiler (you'll need to create that), and it needs to > indicate where the compile sources are. There are basically two ways > to approach this part: > > 1. keep your sources exactly where they are; place your Pkg1.gwt.xml > file in the root folder of the smallest containing sub-tree for all > the classes you need to include, and use the <source path="x"/> tag as > many times as necessary to indicate (and hopefully isolate) just the > classes you want compiled by GWT. > > 2. do a little folder reorganization so that the classes you will > share between server and client side are isolated cleanly; have a > 'client' folder at the root of that sub-tree, and place your > Pkg1.gwt.xml file as a direct sibling to the client folder. Then you > don't need <source> tags. > > Try that, report any errors you get, and we'll sort it out from there. > > Walden > > On Sep 27, 3:30 pm, Suri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm a GWT newbie and I've just come fresh after reading up the basics > > from the Google GWT tutorial. Here's my situation: > > > > I have an existing Java based web application (Struts based). Now I'm > > trying to add a new module to it and figure I'd try to incorporate GWT > > - mostly because I expect the new module to be a few very dynamic > > pages communicating with the server often. > > > > Now my first question is, how do I reference my current Java code in > > this GWT program. i.e if i have the following > > > > com.pkg1.Class1; > > com.pkg1.pkg2.Class2; > > > > in my existing Java code, > > > > and in my GWT java class I import these 2 classes for implementation, > > what are the exact steps I need to follow so that these are correctly > > added to the GWT program and can compile. So far, I haven't seemed to > > have found a definitive answer to this problem. I saw a few solutions > > of people saying a jar needs to be included and it needs to have a > > <name>.gwt.xml file which gets inherited or something but didn't quite > > understand what exactly they meant.Some others spoke about source code > > having to be available for the program to compile in order to convert > > the javascript. The reading ended up leaving me in a half baked > > situation which still doesn't help my GWT program compile. > > > > I'd really appreciate some help and maybe a few fundamentals on what > > needs to be happening. > > > > Thanks > > Suri > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
