Hi,
i have a fairly complex build system that recently introduces some additional
compexity. To describe my problem, i'll sketch a very simplified Ant build:
<project>
<target name="clean" depends="-clean" />
<extension-point name="-clean" />
<target name="init" depends="-init" />
<extension-point name="-init" />
<target name="compile" depends="-compile" />
<extension-point name="-compile" depends="-init" />
<target name="install" depends="-install" />
<extension-point name="-install" depends="-compile" />
<target name="recompile" depends="-recompile" />
<extension-point name="-recompile" depends="-clean, -compile" />
</project>
This basic structure of the ANT file is required, because all extension-points
are extended by specific implementatiosn for various implementation languages
(including PL/I and COBOL).
This way i was able to maintain structured and standardized procedures, to
generate the artifacts based on the varous sources.
Recently we tried to include that "recompile" step, that introduces a different
"clean" semantic. Therefore i've implemented the "clean semantics as follows:
<target name="std-clean" extensionOf="-clean">
<echo>Std. Clean</echo>
</target>
<target name="recompile-clean" extensionOf="-clean" if="is.Recompile" >
<echo>Additional behaviour for recompile</echo>
</target>
<target name="-recompile-switch">
<property name="is.Recompile" value="true" />
</target>
And the "-recompile" Target was extended this way:
<target name="recompile" depends="-recompile-switch, -recompile" />
While this solution - in principle - activates "-recompile-switch" just before
executing "-clean", this is not guaranteed by ANT. The ANT documentation
states, that this dependcy declaration just states, that "-recompile-switch"
will be activated BEFORE recompile executes, but it does not guarantee the
order of execution for "-recompile-switch" and "-recompile".
In my case, the "-clean" targets activates, before "-recompile-switch" has any
chance to execute. (Sometime it works, sometime it fails. But it's backed by
ANTs definition.)
Now my question(s):
================
Are there any ways to define the order of execution to guarantee an
optional task just like "-recompile-switch" to execute at the right moment?
Is there any way using the Java API to the ANT core to inspect the
execution graph?
Instead of injecting a target setting switch into the execution graph, it
might by suitable to look up the chain of target execution to get an idea wich
main target is active.
Unfortunately it is impossible to manipulate the execution graph at runtime,
conditionally <import>ing different extesions.
A interim solution using <antcall> is in place.
<target name="recompile">
<antcall target="-recompile" inheritAll="true">
<param name="is.Recompile" value="true" />
</antcall>
</target>
But ths solution requires a complete re-evaluation of the complete set of ANT
build filles which takes a long time and is not applicable in any case.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Ralf Edmund Stranzenbach
Manager, FS-Technology
BearingPoint
Management & Technology Consultants
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