Is this something that should be in the javadoc for the class? :->
Stephen McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/06/2003 16:10:25
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Subject: Re: Merlin qdox tags
Daniel Krieg wrote:
>I am attempting to generate the meta-data files for Merlin using the
>meta-tools ant task o.a.a.m.t.a.MetaTask. All documentation about
>Merlin suggests that it is looking for *.xinfo meta data files.
>
Merlin looks for meta info resources in the following order:
a) serialized - from <classname>.stype
b) xml using <classname>.xtype
c) xml using <classname>.xinfo
Information generated by the mata info task is created as either
serialized or XML depending on the policy set when invoking the task.
>Furthermore a component does not seem to a recognized type unless the
>meta-data file is in fact an xinfo file. However, the MetaTask outputs
>the meta-data file as xtype files. I have copied the source below.
>
>Am I doing something wrong or is this something that needs patched?
>
> /**
> * Determine the file for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Task}.
> *
> * @param classname the fully qualified name of file to generate
> * @return the file for info
> * @throws IOException if unable to determine base file
> */
> private File getOutputFileForClass( final String classname )
> throws IOException
> {
> String filename =
> classname.replace( '.', File.separatorChar );
>
> if( SER_TYPE == m_format )
> {
> filename += ".stype";
> }
> else
> {
> filename += ".xtype";
> }
> return new File( m_destDir, filename ).getCanonicalFile();
> }
>
>
The above code is only relative to the generation side of things. We
don;t generate to xinfo because that would overrite Phoenix xinfo
descriptors, but during deployment we read stype first, if unavaiulable,
then Merlin reads xinfo - then Merling reads the content and determines
format based on the root element (either <type> or the legacy <blockinfo>).
The more relevant class (concerning reading semantics is the TypeBuilder
class in the meta package.
Cheers, Steve.
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