No, it's worse. It's package cyclic dependencies. Someone thought that it was a good idea, instead of making a business.util package (in business we put our ejb's) to put all utilities in a util package.
On Dec 21, 2007 3:22 PM, Scot P. Floess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, the source is cyclic? Does the source exist such that everything > has something like this: > > src/com/Foo.java (uses Bar.java) > src/com/Bar.java (uses Foo.java) > > Or something different? > > If so, just define you sourcepath for javac to include src > > If not, can you further elaborate? > > Dimitris Mouchritsas wrote: > > Hi everyone. I'm into a project that started recently. The "powers that > be" > > wanted the dev team to re-use another project which supposedly is > similar to > > ours. The problem is that this project is also based on a "base" project > of > > the company. I forgot to mention I'm talking about a J2EE 1.3 project, > using > > EJBs 2.0, XDoclet, Hibernate and Struts 1.2 > > I tried to fix the build file only to discover that the "base" project > has > > cyclical dependencies. Classes that are in the util package talk to > DAOs, > > DAO's referring to common classes, web classes talking to DAO's. In > short I > > can't compile one without the other. It's a nightmare. My manager is > > reluctant about doing some heavy refactoring to correct all this. Since > we > > have a build file that works (even though it compiles classes and then > > deletes them to resolve the dependencies) he says, no let's try it by > > improving upon this; and we'll see. > > What do you suggest? Is there a way to create a proper build file for > this > > project, having seperation of concerns (e.g. commom-compile, > ejb-compile, > > web-compile etc) > > > > > > -- > Scot P. Floess > 27 Lake Royale > Louisburg, NC 27549 > > 252-478-8087 (Home) > 919-754-4592 (Work) > > Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate > Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim > QA Engineer OpenQabal http://openqabal.dev.java.net > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Dimitris Mouchritsas Computer Services
