If the 'something' is a module for which you have an ivy file, then the source and javadoc artifacts should be declared in the publication section, probably in a source and javadoc configuration. Then all you need is depend on these configurations.
If the something is a maven 2 module, you can use latest IvyDE version (built from source), or check IvyDE code to write your own small program, or write an ivy file for the module to get them, or open an issue to ask Ivy to deal with it out of the box, with the constraints I explained in my last e-mail. That's a lot of options :-) All depends on your exact environment and requirements. HTH, Xavier On 5/17/07, Norris Shelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How would I go about downloading sources or javadoc for something that has them? ----- Original Message ---- From: Xavier Hanin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:41:54 AM Subject: Re: Downloading javadoc and source On 5/16/07, Norris Shelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any plan to allow IVY to download the source and javadoc for > dependencies like Maven does? It depends on what you mean by 'allow'. Ivy is able to download the artifacts you want, all you have to do is declare them. The problem is with maven 2 pom, we don't have the meta information about if a source and javadoc artifact is present or not, so we assume they are not, otherwise Ivy would complain about a missing artifact. OTOH in latest IvyDE we have automatic download and attachment of javadoc and sources for maven dependencies. It's not too diffiult to ask Ivy to download artifacts you want using the Ivy API. If we want something in the core without being too m2 specific, we would have to introduce something like an optional artifact: an artifact declared in a module descriptor (the memory representation of poms and ivy files once parsed by Ivy) so that Ivy would try to download it, but not complain if it doesn't exist. But it really depend on what you actually need. HTH, Xavier Norris Shelton > Software Engineer > Sun Certified Java 1.1 Programmer > Shelton Consulting, LLC > ICQ# 26487421 > AIM NorrisEShelton > YIM norrisshelton > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Get > the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. > http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php -- Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant Manage your dependencies with Ivy! http://incubator.apache.org/ivy/ ____________________________________________________________________________________Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz
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