Thanks a lot for your feedback guys!
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 17:07, rolf <[email protected]> wrote:
> Guillaume Laforge <glaforge@...> writes:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a build.gradle file where I have the version of my project within
> a
> variable: version = '1.1'.
> > And I also have a source file with a method returning the version, say
> something like String getVersion() { '1.1' }.
> >
> > I'd like to know what's the easiest way to factor that version number,
> for
> example in some build.properties file, and have gradle taking care of
> replacing
> some token (like the Ant token replace mechanism) in my source file, and I
> could
> reference that properties file from my build file as well.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.-- Guillaume LaforgeGroovy Project ManagerHead of
> Groovy
> Development at SpringSourcehttp://www.springsource.com/g2one
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Hi Guillaume,
>
> If you really want to replace tokens straight in your source files, which 2
> other posters already discouraged, i've gona ahead and made a small sample
> that
> replaces tokens in your main sourceset:
>
> apply plugin: 'java'
>
> def version = '1.1'
> def filteredSourceDir = file("${buildDir}/filtered")
>
> sourceSets {
> // This source set will contain all sources that we filter
> filtered {
> java {
> srcDirs = [filteredSourceDir]
> }
> }
> }
>
> // tell the compileJava task to compile the filtered source
> compileJava.source = sourceSets.filtered.java
>
>
> // copy the main sources and filter any '$version' occurences.
> task processVersion (type: Copy) {
> from sourceSets.main.java
> into filteredSourceDir
> expand(version: '1.1')
> }
>
> compileJava.dependsOn processVersion
>
>
> The above buildscript would transform a function like this
>
> public String getVersion () {
> return "$version";
> }
>
> Into:
>
> public String getVersion () {
> return "1.1";
> }
>
> Whether or not this is good practice is not for me to judge ;)
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Greets Rolf
>
>
>
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Guillaume Laforge
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