Some of this is at least lightly documented on the wiki: http://noxrepo.org/noxwiki/index.php/Developing_in_NOX
(Please feel free to extend it!) There's a bit more info about the meta files in the FAQ: http://noxrepo.org/noxwiki/index.php/FAQ#Where_can_I_see_and_edit_the_code_that_corresponds_to_different_NOX_components.3F Really quickly and informally, the meta files (formerly meta.xml, now meta.json) are what really specify a NOX component. Specifically, they: 1. Define a component name ("name" key). These are the names that, for example, can be specified on the nox_core commandline. 2. Specify which code corresponds to a component ("library" and "python" keys). A component may be a shared library or a Python module or both. NOX will load the specified library/module, and execute a factory in order to get an actual component instance (the mechanism for this is somewhat different in Python and in C++). You only need to specify the library/module where this factory comes from. 3. Specify dependencies ("dependencies" key). This is a list of other components which this component relies on. NOX will attempt to load these automatically. Hope that helps. -- Murphy On Dec 16, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Bernd Wittefeld wrote: > Hi, > it's me again :) > I was able to import my python files. They needed to be added to the > NOX_RUNTIMEFILES and EXTRA_DIST in my Makefile.am, so that the links from the > build directory were established. > So that problem is solved, but I would love to have some docs about those > meta.json files. > > Greetings > Bernd > > > On 16.12.2011 16:03, Bernd Wittefeld wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm am wondering about the syntax and sematic of the meta.json files. I >> cannot find anything about it in the wiki and the mailinglists. >> >> The problem is a fairly easy one: I have written a python component and >> splitted it up in several files, but I cannot import those files. I tried >> various permutations of the import statement and nothing worked. >> Can you give me a hint where I can find valuable information about the NOX >> build system? Do I have to add my *.py files (which I only want to use in my >> component) to Makefile.am and meta.json? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Bernd >> _______________________________________________ >> nox-dev mailing list >> nox-dev@noxrepo.org >> http://noxrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/nox-dev > > _______________________________________________ > nox-dev mailing list > nox-dev@noxrepo.org > http://noxrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/nox-dev _______________________________________________ nox-dev mailing list nox-dev@noxrepo.org http://noxrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/nox-dev
