On 24/08/05, Stephen Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On 24 Aug 2005, at 16:56, Petar Tahchiev wrote:
>
> > On 24/08/05, Stephen Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 24 Aug 2005, at 16:20, Petar Tahchiev wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 24/08/05, Stephen Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 24 Aug 2005, at 15:03, Petar Tahchiev wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm trying to build an Ant project that uses some Apple Cocoa
> >>>>>> classes.
> >>>>>> These are stored as .class files and not as jars. They reside in a
> >>>>>> completely different folder to my project. I can compile and run
> >>>>>> my
> >>>>>> program by referencing these from the command line as follows:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> javac -classpath /System/Library/Java:. MyProgram.java
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> java -classpath /System/Library/Java:. MyProgram
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is there a way I can replicate this functionality using Ant and
> >>>>>> add
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> directory (System/Library/Java) to the classpath?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I've tried solutions from the Ant documentation and the archives
> >>>>>> of
> >>>>>> this list but haven't been able to get anything to work yet.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks in advance,
> >>>>>> Steve.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> You can always use the <compilerarg> task to pass arguments to the
> >>>>> compiler,
> >>>>> but rather why don't you try
> >>>>> <path id="compile.cp">
> >>>>> <fileset dir="YOUR DIR">
> >>>>> <include name=""/>
> >>>>> </fileset>
> >>>>> </path>
> >>>>> and later on call the classpath using <javac srcdir="" destdir=""
> >>>>> classpathref="compile.cp"/>
> >>>>> Or just use <classpath>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Regards, Petar!
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried the compilerarg task but got the error "Could not create the
> >>>> task or type of task: conpilerarg". I declared this as <compilerarg
> >>>> line="-classpath /System/Library/Java/"/>.
> >>>>
> >>>> I also tried the other methods you listed but I still got the class
> >>>> not
> >>>> found error. My build.xml file was generated for my by my IDE Xcode
> >>>> and currently looks like this. Sorry if I am missing something
> >>>> obvious
> >>>> but I am totally new to Ant.
> >>>>
> >>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >>>> <project name="MyGame" default="jar" basedir=".">
> >>>> <property name="src" location="src"/>
> >>>> <property name="bin" location="bin"/>
> >>>> <property name="lib" location="lib"/>
> >>>> <property name="dist" location="dist"/>
> >>>> <property name="jarfile"
> >>>> location="${dist}/${ant.project.name <http://ant.project.name> <
> http://ant.project.name> <
> >> http://ant.project.name>}.jar"/>
> >>>> <property name="compile.debug" value="true"/>
> >>>>
> >>>> <fileset id="lib.jars" dir="${lib}">
> >>>> <include name="**/*.jar"/>
> >>>> </fileset>
> >>>>
> >>>> <path id="lib.path">
> >>>> <fileset refid="lib.jars"/>
> >>>> </path>
> >>>>
> >>>> <target name="compile" description="Compile code">
> >>>> <mkdir dir="${bin}"/>
> >>>> <mkdir dir="${lib}"/>
> >>>> <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${bin}" includeAntRuntime="no"
> >>>> classpathref="lib.path" debug="${compile.debug}">
> >>>> </javac>
> >>>> </target>
> >>>>
> >>>> <target name="jar" depends="compile" description="Build jar">
> >>>> <mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
> >>>> <jar jarfile="${jarfile}" basedir="${bin}" manifest="Manifest">
> >>>> <!-- Merge library jars into final jar file -->
> >>>> <zipgroupfileset refid="lib.jars"/>
> >>>> </jar>
> >>>> </target>
> >>>>
> >>>> <target name="run" depends="jar" description="Run jar file">
> >>>> <java jar="${jarfile}" fork="yes" failonerror="true"/>
> >>>> </target>
> >>>>
> >>>> <target name="clean" description="Remove build and dist
> >>>> directories">
> >>>> <delete dir="${bin}"/>
> >>>> <delete dir="${dist}"/>
> >>>> </target>
> >>>> </project>
> >>>>
> >>>> My fault. I forgot to tell you that compilerarg is an optioanl
> >>>> ant-contrib
> >>> task and if you want to use it you have to download the tasks from
> >>> the
> >>> ant-contrib site: http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/, also an
> >>> installation
> >>> howto is available there. But instead try this
> >>> <javac .........>
> >>> <classpath>
> >>> <pathelement location="yourdir"/>
> >>> </classpath>
> >>> </javac>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards, Petar!
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help so far but I still can't get it to work. Firstly
> >> I tried the additions to javac that you outlined above but I still got
> >> the class not found error. I then tried downloading the ant-contrib
> >> task. I have referenced this as outlined in the documentation and
> >> copied the jar file to my lib directory of my project. But I still get
> >> the could not create task error. Below is the code I added to my
> >> build.xml file. Is this correct?
> >>
> >> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties">
> >> <classpath>
> >> <pathelement location="./lib/ant-contrib.jar" />
> >> </classpath>
> >> </taskdef>
> >>
> >> <compilerarg line="-classpath /System/Library/Java"/>
> >>
> >> I suppose that the problem is that you may have not copied the
> > ant-contrib-version.jar to your $ANT_HOME/lib folder. I am still
> > curious
> > that
> > <javac srcdir="" destdir="">
> > <classpath>
> > <pathelement location="yourdir"/>
> > </claspath>
> > </javac>
> > doesn't work. Remember that you must ignore the package folders when
> > pointing "yourdir". Point only the top-root forlder.
> >
> > --
> > Regards, Petar!
>
> You were right I hadn't copied the file to the $ANT_HOME/lib folder.
> But after doing that it now runs, but still gives the class not found
> error. There are 2 possible problems as I can see it. Either I'm
> referring to the directory wrongly, or else I haven't defined the
> compilerarg statement correctly.
>
> When I refer to my directory which is /System/Library/Java this is the
> reference from the root folder on my hard drive, and is the top root
> folder of the package I want to use. Could it be that Ant is looking
> for that folder from within the current folder my Ant project is stored
> in and not the root folder of my computer? In which case how can I get
> it to point to the computers root directory? I thought starting with /
> would do that.
Your vision is quite true . The / symbol represents the root folder in Unix,
so ant should find the folder you are passing as an argument.
Alternatively I could be defining the compilerarg statement wrongly.
> Firstly I have placed it within the <javac> tags. Is this the correct
> location? Also, is the compilerarg statement below the correct way to
> carry out the javac command line statement below it?
>
> <compilerarg line="-classpath /System/Library/Java"/>
this should be
<compilerarg value="-classpath /System/Library/Java/"/>
javac -classpath /System/Library/Java:. MyProgram.java
>
> Thanks.
>
> Yes you are right that this fragment is wrong. First of all to ensure you
have your tasks in your classpath use:
<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties">
<classpath>
<pathelement location="ANT_HOME/lib/ant-contrib.jar"/>
</classpath>
</taskdef>
as "net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" describes every additional task
and it is placed in your ant-contrib.jar so you have to add it like a
classpath. Second your javac task should look something like this:
<javac srcdir="SRC" destdir="DEST">
<compilerarg value="-classpath"/>
<compilerarg value="DIRECTORY/"/>
</javac>
You can't just place <compilerarg value="-classpath DIRECTORY"/> because
there is a blank space between -classpath and DIRECTORY and it will get
quoted. So you put the two strings as separate arguments. I tested it on my
machine and it worked fine. Although I was a liitle bit confused because I
have never used compilerarg to pass a directory to the classpath. I most
oftently use a
<path id="compile.cp">
<pathelement location="DIRECTORY/"/>
</path>
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<javac srcdir="" destdir="" classpathref="compil.cp"/>
structure and it always wokes fine. Anyway I hope I helped.
P.S Dont forget to exclude any package directories and to place a / after
DIRECTORY.
--
Regards, Petar!
