Ant 1.6 support
We are working on Ant 1.6 support in Pallada.
SCR http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=19465 (Support for
ant 1.6) was splitted into several SCRs.
Please write what features of ant 1.6 do you use and what support you want
from Idea.
See:
macrodef support
http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=30779
import support http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=30782
presetdef support
http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=30780
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Wish I could say for sure, but we are switching to Ant.
We plan to use it to get out of CVS by a tag, compile the code and
deploy to a server via SCP. We may also use it to restart the
applications (also Tomcat).
Norris Shelton
Sun Certified Java Programmer
Dmitry Peshehonov (JetBrains) wrote:
>We are working on Ant 1.6 support in Pallada.
>SCR http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=19465 (Support for
>ant 1.6) was splitted into several SCRs.
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>Please write what features of ant 1.6 do you use and what support you want
>from Idea.
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>See:
>macrodef support
>http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=30779
>import support http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=30782
>presetdef support
>http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=30780
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I would like to see following features:
- ability to switch between different versions of Ant (per project setting)
- support for Ant custom tasks, which are currently highlighted in red
- editing of .properties file mentioned in build.xml should offer name
autocompletion for existing properties
- maybe set of live template for common Ant constructs (fileset, etc.)
- live template for ${}
- graphical (tree or something) representation of dependencies within Ant to
get the feeling of proper dependency within build file
- ability to convert Idea project to set of Ant files (Aurora2Ant plugin
partially does that) with respect to multi module projects
- ability to create Idea project based on the build file (optional, but can
be useful)
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setting)
Already done in Pallada. (however you still has no chance to see it working)
Do you mean taskdef support? It does already work in Aurora (in some cases).
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1) Allow switch between different versions of ant, e.g. 1.5.4 and 1.6, similar to how we can switch JDKs
2)
#4767 Support for Ant commandline options (eg. -quiet)
(I see it is FIXED in Pallada)
3)
BUG #12834 Ant settings lost if project open when mapped drive is disconnected.
4)
I would like to be able to launch multiple targets in sucession in the background. I have added 200 package targets to my toplevel build.xml (See attached pic) Clicking any of those targets will recompile the specific package. For example, I click "compile api/event", then I click "jar_server", then click "jar_ftp", then "restart_server". These cannot be combined into a single target because there are too many permutations.
I waste alot of time because I click one target, then have to wait for it to finish before launching the second one, etc. I would like launch all the targets rapid fire and then have them all execute in succession in the background.
5)
I am still unhappy with the filechooser, but that is a larger issue than ant tool. In ant tool, when I have to add NetComponents.jar so my "jar_ftp" target works, I have to navigate to my $ANT_HOME/lib.
The filechooser should allow you to save a list of favorate directories. Also, there should be an icon to goto the directory of the active file in EditorPane.
Also, a recently used list of directories would be nice.
6)
Support for all the 1.6 features
(See http://wiki.apache.org/ant/NewAntFeaturesInDetail for major features).
I am planning on using the macrodefs to simplify
some build.xml files. macrodefs let you create custom
tasks within the build.xml without writing any extra
java code. They'll probably give IDEA parser some problems.
(http://wiki.apache.org/ant/NewAntFeaturesInDetail/MacroDef)
7) I would like to specify default values for the Ant Build File Properties like Maximum Heap Size, Make build in background, Execution settings, Additional Classpath, Properties -- everything except the filter targets which are specific to each builld.xml file. I find I keep have to set the same settings for each build.xml file I add.
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8) Provide some tools to pull build.xml information into IDEA project settings.
I understand it is very difficult/impossible for IDEA to translate a build.xml into a project.
However, I think there are a variety of tools IDEA could provide to help use import information.
For example,
a) The Libraries (Classpasth) Tab could have a button "Import build.xml". What it would do is scan the build.xml for all *.jar names in filelists/filepaths data structures, resolving any variable names,e.g. $(SOFTWARE_DIR) into the absolute paths. Then IDEA presents the list of jars to the user and allows him to select and add them to the classpath. (See attached pic for a jar filelist)
b) Alternatively, in the Editor Pane, if you place the caret on a *.jar filename, you could have Intention to add it to the Global/Module Classpath.
c) I would like an Intention for java targets for IDEA to create a new Run/Debug configuration, importing all the jvm args and classpath. Again, any macro like $(SOFTWARE_DIR), etc. would need to be resolved.
I have many Run targets in build.xml. This would be very helpful when I want to debug an application in IDEA.
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Hello Dmitry,
I use the import tag from Ant 1.6 (well I assume it is an Ant 1.6 thing because it doesn't work in Idea 4 - it does work from the command line, so I know it isn't a problem with the way I am using it!)
- scott
Ant refactorings:
- change variable name
- change target name
- move variable definition between targets
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Alex wrote:
I don't see full import/export as critical. But what I would like to
share between the is , , ]]>, etc. Specically, I
would like to import these ant elements into idea projects. These
aspects of the ant/idea dichotomy are what seems to get out of sync the
most.
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Micha³ Szklanowski wrote:
- target depends hierarchy (ctrl-shift-h'ish) (but then there must be
support for subant in the same way I suppose)
Would like to see the ability to specify a custom build listener (normally specified by the -listener command line option).
Micha³ Szklanowski wrote:
Nice ideas! A few more:
- extract target
- inline (target | property)
- introduce property
- move property to/from external properties file
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specified by the -listener command line option).
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Already implemented in Pallada: you may specify any commandline option
except -logger.
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Unfortunately, "some cases" does not seem to include my (pretty straightforward) case. In the following build script snippet, the ]]> custom task gets marked as an error:
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Excellent news!
Not exactly a 1.6 feature, but some online help popping up "à la javadoc popup" with the reference guide text for tasks inside would be wonderful: I hate having to move from IDEA to the browser, in general, and a shortcut such as "ctrl-q" is a much handier way to open documentation.
Also, the syntax highlitghting issues should be definitely solved: it's ugly having to live with ant build files which 2 or 3 red lines one can't remove (i.e.: middlegen plugins, ...). There at least should be a way to tell the system "hibernate" could be a "middlegen" subtask, so don't complain about this.
Hello Dmitry,
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DP> specified by the -listener command line option).
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DP> Already implemented in Pallada: you may specify any commandline
DP> option except -logger.
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At the beginning of Aurora we talked about being able to get the junit task output in IDEA builtin runner. It was delayed then dropped. Are you going to look into doing it? I will try to dig out the discussion thread.
Jacques
Hello Barry,
BK> Alex wrote:
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>> 8) Provide some tools to pull build.xml information into IDEA project
>> settings.
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>> I understand it is very difficult/impossible for IDEA to translate a
>> build.xml into a project.
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BK> I don't see full import/export as critical. But what I would like to
BK> share between the is , , , etc. BK> Specically, I would like to import these ant elements into idea BK> projects. These aspects of the ant/idea dichotomy are what seems to BK> get out of sync the most. BK>]]>
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Hello Dmitry,
Here are some old requests:
Ctrl-W enhancements in ant: http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=2533
Navigation to property files (both text and xml): http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=6065
Run ant target at caret: http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=3182
Renaming properties defined in property file: http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=4383
Navigate through refid: http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=6063
Jacques
Ant outline, like in Eclipse 3.0M7.
Outlines all targets, and then, tasks within a build
file, but without parameters. Could be used to quickly
navigate Ant build.
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Searching for Ant build files within project.
Still missing is the display of the currently executed ant-target (not only the build-file) in the header of the messages-tab.
Not right now - most likely not in 4.1. The most probable solution is to
implement a feature to import external tests log into JUnit console, and
provide a special formatter for Ant.
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task output in IDEA builtin runner. It was delayed then dropped. Are you
going to look into doing it? I will try to dig out the discussion thread.
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See http://www.intellij.net/tracker/idea/viewSCR?publicId=5373 Ctrl-Q in
Ant.
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Not exactly a 1.6 feature, but some online help popping up "à la javadoc
popup" with the reference guide text for tasks inside would be wonderful: I
hate having to move from IDEA to the browser, in general, and a shortcut
such as "ctrl-q" is a much handier way to open documentation.
Also, the syntax highlitghting issues should be definitely solved: it's ugly
having to live with ant build files which 2 or 3 red lines one can't remove
(i.e.: middlegen plugins, ...). There at least should be a way to tell the
system "hibernate" could be a "middlegen" subtask, so don't complain about
this.
Of course "so don't complain about this" was meant to say "so that IDEA does not complain about this"! ;)
- support for Ant custom tasks, which are currently highlighted in red
Yep. Good one.
Built-in support for the axis-java2wsdl (http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/checkout/ws-axis/java/docs/ant/axis-java2wsdl.html) and axis-wsdl2java (http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/checkout/ws-axis/java/docs/ant/axis-wsdl2java.html) tasks. Building and deploying a Web service is non-trivial and using Ant to automate the task out of IJ would be a great help for rebuilding and redeploying during development.