Sylvain, Is there any documentation on how to use/build Cocoon in Eclipse. I've checked the mailing list archives and the Wiki but nothing there.
I managed to get the CVS of Cocoon in Eclipse, but I just can't get it to compile. I get an error indicating that the javac compiler can't be found, probably because JAVA_HOME isn't set. But how do I set this environment variable in Eclipse? And, do I really need to set it? Litrik De Roy www.litrik.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvain Wallez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 5:44 PM Subject: [Proposal] reconsidering external libraries management > Hi team, > > I've been using Eclipse for some months and it's now my preferred IDE. > However, creating a Cocoon project under Eclipse isn't a piece of cake : > all source files depending on optional libraries fail to compile, > preventing Eclipse to properly build the project. > > So, following Nicola Ken's idea, I wrote mock classes for libraries that > aren't included in Cocoon's CVS. So far so good, the Cocoon Eclipse > project now builds smoothly. But this reveals something that I'm not > comfortable with, even if I have lived with it for years : the Cocoon > build system does not compile all source files, depending on which > libraries that are actually present in the classpath. > > This has several consequences : > - some source files are never compiled (how many of you have > phpservlet.jar in their classpath ?) > - uncompiled source files aren't included in the binary distribution > (neither in the jar nor in the javadoc), and are therefore totally > hidden to average users > - worst of all : we may release an official version that contains files > that don't even compile ! > > So I propose that we _remove all the conditional compilation stuff_ and > write mock classes where needed to ensure that _all_ source files are > always compiled. > > Note that mock classes don't prevent the use of the real libraries : > jars in lib/local are placed before the mock classes in the classpath > and are therefore used, if present, to compile the source code. > > I have most of this ready on my hard drive, but since this is a change > in the way we handle external dependencies, I'd like to have your > opinion before committing anything. > > Thoughts ? > > Sylvain > > -- > Sylvain Wallez Anyware Technologies > http://www.apache.org/~sylvain http://www.anyware-tech.com > { XML, Java, Cocoon, OpenSource }*{ Training, Consulting, Projects } > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
