I agree that an environment variable is a good way to break the flex sdk and compiler location dependencies. I'd suggest something like FLEX_COMPILER_HOME rather than a codename like "FALCON".
It would be pretty quick to see if this would work: 1. Command line - flex scripts defer to an alternate compiler's scripts (falcon) using an environment variable. 2. Ant scripts - find new location of flexTasks.jar from environment variable. But I think getting FB to use Falcon to create SWFs will more difficult since we don't have access to the FB source. I believe that FB is not only dependent on flex-compiler-oem.jar (oem api) but it cheats is also dependent on mxmlc.jar. An approach I think could work is to create a modified version of flex-compiler-oem.jar that satisfies FB and calls falcon jars. You could think of the oem api having two major parts. The first part is where FB calls in to convert its settings into mxmlc configuration settings. The second part sets the configuration and then compiles. We can probably keep the first part mostly in place. We modify the second part to get the configuration options as a command line string and use that to kick off the falcon build. -Darrell On 9/3/13 7:02 PM, "Gordon Smith" <gosm...@adobe.com> wrote: >Ah. Then maybe set a FALCON environment variable to true and have the >launch scripts check it? > >- Gordon > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] >Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:58 PM >To: dev@flex.apache.org; Erik de Bruin >Subject: Re: [Falcon] BasicTests compiles and runs > >Yeah, but I think FB only knows how to find and launch mxmlc. And folks >with ant scripts, etc, should be able to switch easily. > >The shell script and batch files could check some environment variable, >but I think some other places load up mxmlc.jar and start talking to it. > >-Alex > >On 9/3/13 3:52 PM, "Gordon Smith" <gosm...@adobe.com> wrote: > >>The simplest thing is just to have dual launch scripts: fmxmlc (Falcon) >>vs. mxmlc (old compiler), fcompc vs. compc, etc. >> >>- Gordon >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] >>Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 2:45 PM >>To: dev@flex.apache.org; Erik de Bruin >>Subject: Re: [Falcon] BasicTests compiles and runs >> >>Excellent. I'll try it out now. >> >>Now that you've seen how we manage the source code in Git for Apache >>Flex, what do you think we should do about packaging up Falcon to work >>with an Apache Flex SDK? There would need to be some sort of "switch" >>to allow someone to go back to the old MXMLC if they need to. >> >>Thanks, >>-Alex >> >>On 9/3/13 2:37 PM, "Darrell Loverin" <dlove...@adobe.com> wrote: >> >>>Added a patch for the implicit import issue: >>>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33701 >>> >>> >>>-Darrell >>> >>>On 9/3/13 4:08 PM, "Darrell Loverin" <dlove...@adobe.com> wrote: >>> >>>>The below args almost work for me from eclipse. There are three >>>>undefined classes because "flash.filters.*" is not auto included. I'm >>>>close to have the fix for that. >>>> >>>>args: >>>>/Users/dloverin/git-src/ApacheFlex/source/flex-sdk/frameworks/tests/b >>>>a >>>>sic >>>>T >>>>e >>>>sts/BasicTests.mxml -debug >>>>-library-path+=/Users/dloverin/git-src/ApacheFlex/source/flex-sdk/mus >>>>-library-path+t >>>>-library-path+ell >>>>a >>>>/ >>>>mustella.swc >>>> >>>>Vmargs: >>>>-Xmx1024m -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false >>>>-Dflexlib=/Users/dloverin/git-src/ApacheFlex/source/flex-sdk/framewor >>>>k >>>>s >>>>-Dflexcompiler=/Users/dloverin/git-src/ApacheFlex/source/falcon/compi >>>>l >>>>er >>>> >>>> >>>>-Darrell >>>> >>>> >>>>On 9/3/13 2:49 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>I'll try when I get back to my computer. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Sent via the PANTECH Discover, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone. >>>>> >>>>>Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I did an 'ant wipe' which seems to delete 'generated'. >>>>> >>>>>EdB >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >>>>>> I am using a launch configuration in eclipse. Maybe the jars in >>>>>>generated are not updated. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent via the PANTECH Discover, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone. >>>>>> >>>>>> Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I am, last commit showing is "more fixes for BasicTests..." >>>>>> (6b5dbbcbbda894b7c7b2998af0fe4776862769cd) >>>>>> >>>>>> Falcon builds fine, all tests pass. I've added the >>>>>> "generated/dist/sdk/bin" directory to my PATH and cd to the >>>>>> basicTests dir before running "mxmlc basicTests.mxml". >>>>>> >>>>>> The start of the terminal output is: >>>>>> >>>>>> Using Flex SDK: /Applications/Adobe Flash Builder 4.7/sdks/4.10.0 >>>>>>(nightly) >>>>>> Loading configuration: /Applications/Adobe Flash Builder >>>>>> 4.7/sdks/4.10.0 (nightly)/frameworks/flex-config.xml >>>>>> Loading configuration: >>>>>> >>>>>>/Users/erik/Documents/ApacheFlex/git/flex-sdk/frameworks/tests/basi >>>>>>c >>>>>>Tes >>>>>>t >>>>>>s >>>>>>/BasicTests-config.xml >>>>>> >>>>>> not adding bindable variable trait for disclosureGroup in Qname: >>>>>> Group::{PackageNs:"spark.components"} >>>>>> not adding bindable variable trait for editor in Qname: >>>>>> TextInput::{PackageNs:"spark.components"} >>>>>> >>>>>>/Users/erik/Documents/ApacheFlex/git/flex-sdk/frameworks/tests/basi >>>>>>c >>>>>>Tes >>>>>>t >>>>>>s >>>>>>/dmv/scripts/ADGTestScript.mxml >>>>>> Error: Internal error in syntax tree request subsystem, when >>>>>>generating code for: >>>>>> >>>>>>/Users/erik/Documents/ApacheFlex/git/flex-sdk/frameworks/tests/basi >>>>>>c >>>>>>Tes >>>>>>t >>>>>>s >>>>>>/dmv/scripts/ADGTestScript.mxml: >>>>>> java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 at >>>>>>org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.units.MXMLCompilationUnit.handleS >>>>>>y >>>>>>nta >>>>>>x >>>>>>T >>>>>>reeRequest(MXMLCompilationUnit.java:89) >>>>>> at >>>>>>org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.units.CompilationUnitBase.process >>>>>>S >>>>>>ynt >>>>>>a >>>>>>x >>>>>>TreeRequest(CompilationUnitBase.java:829) >>>>>> at >>>>>>org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.units.CompilationUnitBase.access$ >>>>>>1 >>>>>>00( >>>>>>C >>>>>>o >>>>>>mpilationUnitBase.java:107) >>>>>> at >>>>>>org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.units.CompilationUnitBase$2$1.cal >>>>>>l >>>>>>(Co >>>>>>m >>>>>>p >>>>>>ilationUnitBase.java:259) >>>>>> at >>>>>>org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.units.CompilationUnitBase$2$1.cal >>>>>>l >>>>>>(Co >>>>>>m >>>>>>p >>>>>>ilationUnitBase.java:255) >>>>>> at >>>>>>org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.units.requests.RequestMaker$1.cal >>>>>>l >>>>>>(Re >>>>>>q >>>>>>u >>>>>>estMaker.java:228) >>>>>> at >>>>>>org.apache.flex.compiler.internal.units.requests.RequestMaker$1.cal >>>>>>l >>>>>>(Re >>>>>>q >>>>>>u >>>>>>estMaker.java:222) >>>>>> at >>>>>>java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) >>>>>> at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) >>>>>> at >>>>>>java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolEx >>>>>>e >>>>>>cut >>>>>>o >>>>>>r >>>>>>.java:895) >>>>>> at >>>>>>java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecut >>>>>>o >>>>>>r.j >>>>>>a >>>>>>v >>>>>>a:918) >>>>>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) >>>>>> >>>>>> This "Error: Internal error..." bit is then repeated - with minor >>>>>> variations - the kazillion times mentioned, all in a split second. >>>>>> >>>>>> EdB >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Are you on the develop branch? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent via the PANTECH Discover, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just tried to comile basicTests with Falcon, but even after >>>>>>> some tweaking and rebuilding I get a kazillion errors like this >>>>>>>one: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Error: Internal error in ABC generator subsystem, when generating >>>>>>>code >>>>>>> for: >>>>>>>/Users/erik/Documents/ApacheFlex/git/flex-sdk/frameworks/tests/bas >>>>>>>i >>>>>>>cTe >>>>>>>s >>>>>>>t >>>>>>>s/halo/scripts/ComboBoxTestScript.mxml: >>>>>>> java.lang.NullPointerException >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> EdB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> >>>>>>>wrote: >>>>>>>> I finally got Falcon to compile and run BasicTests successfully >>>>>>>>using the "old codegen". BasicTests is the test that runs when >>>>>>>>you run "ant checkintests". Next task is to get it to run with >>>>>>>>the mxml.children-as-data flag. After that, I'll be trying to >>>>>>>>get my internal customer's app to run. >>>>>>>> Far off is getting BasicTests to run without Flash because we'd >>>>>>>>need to have JS versions of all of these components, but getting >>>>>>>>this far means that Falcon's MXML handling is in decent shape. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks to Darrell Loverin and Gordon Smith for code and advice. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -Alex >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Ix Multimedia Software >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jan Luykenstraat 27 >>>>>>> 3521 VB Utrecht >>>>>>> >>>>>>> T. 06-51952295 >>>>>>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Ix Multimedia Software >>>>>> >>>>>> Jan Luykenstraat 27 >>>>>> 3521 VB Utrecht >>>>>> >>>>>> T. 06-51952295 >>>>>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Ix Multimedia Software >>>>> >>>>>Jan Luykenstraat 27 >>>>>3521 VB Utrecht >>>>> >>>>>T. 06-51952295 >>>>>I. www.ixsoftware.nl >>>> >>> >> >
