Tool to build ANT or MAVEN scripts

[bob connolly]

Hello,

Has anyone run across a GUI/SWING type tool that will prompt you for the locations of your source ect and build the ANT or MAVEN scripts automatically?

Thanks very much1

[Tim Holloway]

Maven isn't really scripted so much as defined.

I did an XSLT that created a prototype ant build.xml by running against an Exclipse .classpath file, but it wasn't GUI.

[bob connolly]

Hi Tim,

Would you still happen to have that XSLT utility handy by any chance?

Thanks!

[Tim Holloway]

I'll see if I can dig it out.

[Tim Holloway]

Hah! found it. I'm pasting it below for the benefit of anyone else who finds it useful. Hopefully it won't get mangled!

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                version="1.0">
 

<!--
Construct a model Ant build.xml from an Eclipse .classpath file
2005-08-08, Tim Holloway <[e-mail]>
 -->
 
<xsl:template match="/">
<project name="MyProject" default="all" basedir=".">
 
<!--**************************
           Variables
       **************************-->
 
<property name="project.name" value="{'${ant.project.name}'}" />
 
<property file="{'${user.home}/${project.name}.properties'}"/>
<property file="{'${basedir}/${project.name}.properties'}"/>
    <property name="java.source.version" value="1.4" />
    <property name="java.target.version" value="1.4" />
<property name="debug" value="yes" />
    
<property environment="env" />
 
        <xsl:element name="path">
      <xsl:attribute name="id">project.class.path</xsl:attribute>
           <xsl:for-each select="//classpathentry[@kind='lib']">
           <xsl:element name="pathelement">
<xsl:attribute name="location"><xsl:value-of select="@path"/></xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>
        </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:element>
 
    <xsl:comment xml:space="preserve">========================
            Prepare to compile
        ==========================</xsl:comment>
<target name="compile-init" description="Prepare to compile"/>
 
      <xsl:for-each select="//classpathentry[@kind='src']">
    <xsl:comment xml:space="preserve">========================
            Compile
        ==========================</xsl:comment>
        <xsl:element name="target">
        <xsl:attribute name="name">subproject<xsl:number/>-compile</xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:attribute name="depends">compile-init</xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:element name="javac">
<xsl:attribute name="srcdir"><xsl:value-of select="@path"/></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="destdir"><xsl:value-of select="@output"/></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="source">${java.source.version}</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="target">${java.target.version}</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="debug">${debug}</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="debuglevel"></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="optimize">${build.optimize}</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="deprecation">true</xsl:attribute>
<!-- also classpath refid= and javadoc targets -->
        <xsl:element name="classpath">
<xsl:attribute name="refid">project.class.path</xsl:attribute>
            </xsl:element>
        </xsl:element>
        </xsl:element>
      </xsl:for-each>
</project>
</xsl:template>
 
<!--
<target name="javadoc" depends="webapp-buildpp">
<delete dir="${docs.api.dir}" quiet="yes" />
<javadoc sourcepath="${java.server.src.dir}" destdir="${docs.api.dir}" packagenames="com.*">
</javadoc>
</target>
 
 also clean and distclean targets
-->
 
</xsl:stylesheet>
 

[bob connolly]

Thanks alot Tim!

I'll be mulling this over in the next few weeks and appreciate you taking the time to find it!

Have a nice weekend Tim!