I am considering converting a set of inter-dependent modules to build
with Gradle. These currently built with a mixture of Ant and the default
eclipse builder. There is one ant script per project and a global ant
script calls all of the others in (hopefully) the right order.
By implementing Gradle scripts I am hoping to have the global build
script replaced by an "agenda" that
is created at runtime that is inferred from which projects are checked
out, which project is being built and what their dependencies are, etc.
(I think this is similar to some behaviours of the Maven reactor)
The problem I am having with Gradle is that it seems mostly focused on
hierarchical project layouts whereas Eclipse (which all of our
developers use) only supports one directory full of projects. It seems that
settings.gradle would have to be stored in the eclipse workspace root,
which is not visible in the IDE. Is there a way around this?
Also, in this flat directory structure I would like some projects to
configure others but I am not sure how to do this. For instance say I have:
WorkspaceRoot/
+ BuildCommon/
+ ModuleA/
+ ModuleB/
What is the best way to get gradle code in BuildCommon to configure
gradle code in ModuleA and B?
I was thinking that by declaring BuildCommon as a dependency of ModuleA
and B I could apply (for example) the java plugin and some configuration
from BuildCommon onto Modules A and B. But how would I reference A and B
from BuildCommon. It seems that "subprojects" in Gradle only refers to
subdirectories, is there a way to override this?
I would also add that (to me at least) it would be elegant if developers
didn't have to checkout
BuildCommon if they didn't intend to modify it. Instead it might be
referenced though Ivy. However
this is not definate requirement.
Of course, I am not necessarily expecting Gradle to do all these things
perfectly but I am interested
in seeing how far it will go. I might even be fundamentally wrong about
the way I am trying to build projects,
but I am sure you will let me know! ;)
Thanks,
Frank Wilson
Developer, Sidonis Ltd.
http://sidonis.com/
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