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Building Maven Batch Compiler

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Kris De Volder edited this page Jul 10, 2014 · 28 revisions

This page details how to build and deploy the groovy-eclipse maven batch compiler. The old version of this information is here

The Projects

The interesting components are in the /extras folder. There are several projects located here:

  • groovy-eclipse-compiler : the compiler plugin itself (an m2e project).
  • groovy-eclipse-batch-builder : a set of ant scripts and configuration files used to build the groovy-eclipse-batch artifact. This artifact is an amalgamation of all jars required for compiling Groovy and Java code in Eclipse, including ecj (the Eclipse compiler for Java), the non-UI components of Groovy-Eclipse, the Groovy jars, and various required Eclipse bundles. - groovy-eclipse-maven-tests : a sample project that uses the compiler plugin (an m2eclipse project). - groovy-eclipse-compiler-tests : integration tests for the groovy-eclipse-compiler - groovy-eclipse-quickstart : Archetype project for groovy-eclipse-compiler. Not maintained. org.codehaus.groovy.m2eclipse : an Eclipse plugin that provides integration between Groovy-Eclipse and m2eclipse (the Maven tooling for Eclipse). - Feature-org.codehaus.groovy.m2eclipse : an Eclipse feature that is required for building and releasing the org.codehaus.groovy.m2eclipse plugin.

Maven Settings

To deploy groovy-eclipse-compiler and groovy-eclipse-batch to maven central or the codehaus snapshots area you will need write access to the maven repos on codehaus. Guillaume should be able to help you there. Use your codehaus credentials to fill in the template below and place a copy of it into ~/.m2/settings.xml.

<!-- This is a sample settings.xml file for publishing maven artifacts to the codehaus maven repos -->
<!-- This should go in your ~/.m2 directory -->
<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
                  http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
 <servers>
  <server>
    <id>codehaus.org</id>
    <username>USER_NAME</username>
    <password>PASSWORD</password>
  </server>
  <server>
    <id>codehaus-nexus-snapshots</id>
    <username>USER_NAME</username>
    <password>PASSWORD</password>
  </server>
  <server>
    <id>codehaus-nexus-staging</id>
    <username>USER_NAME</username>
    <password>PASSWORD</password>
  </server>
 </servers>
</settings>

Setting up an Eclipse Workspace

The build process is a bit clunky. It relies on having a Eclipse workspace setup in which you successfully compiled Greclipse. The build will collect and jar-up compiled .class files from your workspace. See the project README.md for instructions on getting a workspace setup.

Import at lease these 3 projects as 'existing projects' into your workspace:

  • groovy-eclipse-compiler
  • groovy-eclipse-batch-builder
  • groovy-eclipse-compiler-tests

Updating To a New Version of Groovy

Prerequisite: first the Groovy Eclipse Compiler itself has to be update. The process for doing this is documented [here](Updating the groovy in groovy eclipse).

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