I have the following problem:
I want to run a Java class from within Ant, but I don't want to wait for
execution of the class to complete.
Example:
I have written a servlet-based application. After the compile portion of my
build completes, I want to start Tomcat and then execute my JUnit tasks.
Proposed Solution:
Add functionality to the Java task which allows the class to run in a
separate thread.
To access this functionality, an attribute (which I have been referring to
as "parallel") is set to true. The default value for this attribute is
false, so existing build xml will not need to be updated.
Here is a diff of my proposed changes. I wanted to get a feel for interest
in this change before completing the work. Please let me know what you think
(as if you wouldn't!).
Index: jakarta-ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
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RCS file:
/home/cvspublic/jakarta-ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Java.java
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diff -r1.24 Java.java
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> class ParallelThread extends Thread {
> Java java;
>
> ParallelThread(Java java) {
> this.java = java;
> }
>
> public void run() {
> java.run(java.cmdl.getCommandline());
> }
> }
>
> boolean parallel = false;
>
> /**
> * Set the parallel flag.
> */
> public void setParallel(boolean s) {
> this.parallel = s;
> }
>
110,112c131,142
< log("Forking " + cmdl.toString(), Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
<
< return run(cmdl.getCommandline());
---
> if (parallel) {
> log("Forking in parallel " + cmdl.toString(),
Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
>
> ParallelThread thread = new ParallelThread(this);
> thread.start();
>
> return 0;
> } else {
> log("Forking " + cmdl.toString(), Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
>
> return run(cmdl.getCommandline());
> }
Glenn.
