Not 100% the same as what you suggest but Groovy's Grape system does some
of what you are asking for. Normally Grapes are used from within scripts,
e.g.:
@Grab('org.apache.ant:ant:1.7.1')
import org.apache.tools.ant.Main
Main.main(['-version'] as String[])
but it also has a commandline interface. Excerpt from doco shown below:
<doco>
Command Line Tools
grape install <groupId> <artifactId> [<version>]
This installs the specified groovy module or maven artifact. If a version is
specified that specific version will be installed, otherwise the most recent
version will be used (as if '*' we passed in).
grape list
Lists locally installed modules (with their full maven name in the case of
groovy modules) and versions.
grape resolve (<groupId> <artifactId> <version>)+
This returns the file locations of the jars representing the artifcats for the
specified module(s) and the respective transitive dependencies.
</doco>
This may not be what you want but might be a useful starting point.
Cheers, Paul.
Alexey Lunacharsky wrote:
Hello!
Does anybody think about imlementation a "Debian APT"-like tool on the top
of an Ivy dependency manager. It can manage all java binaries and source
installation in the system on user level,
through home directory located workspace, or on admin level through FHS on
Unix systems.
For the give what I mean I write some high level usage examples, which can
be used in unit tests):
$ jpt install apache-ant-1.7.0
by this command ant and all of its dependencies (jars and maybe other
resources such jpt run configurations) are get downloaded and become
available in ivy cache and it can be run by:
$ jpt run apache-ant
This execution will find and organize classpath through ivy depencies
review, and than
run spesified class (which is specified through jpt run configuation XML
file)
$ jpt wrap apache-ant ant
Creates system dependent warapper script for running application through
'jpt run'.
$ ant
will now execute $ jpt run apache-ant
$ jpt unwrap ant
now wrapper no more exist
$ ant
no such command
$ jpt uninstall apache-ant-1.7.0
deletes a softfare binaries if there is no dependencies remain
And so on.
In future it can manage also the libraries source code. And be used for
development environment buildings based on ant or gant scripts.
So many software can be integrated on the top of spring framework etc.
This is the system of my dream!
So I will be very glad if you tell me, if such the system have already exist
or
why to not imlement such as a thin wrapper across the Ivy?
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