On 12/29/13, 12:38 PM, Thomas Neidhart wrote: > On 12/29/2013 06:22 PM, Gilles wrote: >> On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:36:42 +0100, Thomas Neidhart wrote: >>> On 12/29/2013 03:39 PM, Gilles wrote: >>>> Hello. >>>> >>>> Is there some framework in place in order to generate executable files >>>> from the Java sources located there? >>>> I guess that a configuration snippet could be added in the "pom.xml"[1] >>>> so that one of the build phases can also compile (and perhaps also run) >>>> the example applications. >>> Hi Gilles, >>> >>> if you use eclipse with the m2eclipse plugin you can have separate >>> projects for commons-math3 and the examples. Otherwise you would need to >>> install the artifacts of commons-math3 into your local repository with >>> mvn install. >> Since all the source code being available in a sibling directory, it >> seems that it should be possible to twist the build file so it can find >> any requirement there. >> >>> To compile the examples as part of the normal build process we would >>> need to create a parent pom for commons math3 with packaging type pom. >> Being a very basic maven user, I cannot follow this. >> >> What I had in mind in something similar to the "tools" JAR being built >> with selected classes from the "test" repository (search for the string >> "commons-math3-tools" in the CM's "pom.xml"). [By the way, I've just >> noticed the following line there: >> <attribute name="Extension-Name" value="org.apache.commons.net" /> >> and the reference to "commons.net" seems to be bug...] >> >> Then, using the generated JAR, one should be able to run any of the >> "main" methods in the included class files. > The reason why I created a separate directory with a separate pom.xml > was to be able to include various dependencies, like xchart or others as > needed. > > Of course, we could add them with scope "test" to the main pom of CM and > move the userguide directory to the test folder and create a -examples > jar similar to the -tools jar. > > This was something I had in mind first, but there was not really a > consensus and I wanted to move on with this stuff. > > So I am open to make this part of CM more accessible, for now it mainly > serves myself as testbed for small little demos / screenshots for the > userguide.
Personally, I like the current modular setup. The main pom is already ugly. Its easy to build the examples separately and having a separate source tree and simple pom including [math] jar dependency makes things a little easier for users to get set up and understand the code. I agree it would be good to regularly build the examples and any tests they eventually include though. Probably best to just do that now and then and add it as a pre-release check. Phil > > Thomas > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
