Yes, define_task is meant to be public although it's more a plumbing API
than porcelain (top-level DSL).
All rake tasks have define_task() which acts both as constructor and
registers the task with Rake so it's part of the graph of all tasks.
alex
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Allen Riddle <allenrid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks all, I will give this a shot and let you know how it goes. This is
> exactly what I was looking for. So is define_task meant to be public?
> Thanks
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Alex Boisvert <alex.boisv...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi Allen,
> >
> > Here's a working example,
> >
> > define "precompile-example" do
> >
> > precompile = CompileTask.define_task(:precompile => :resources).tap do
> > |compile|
> > compile.send :associate_with, project, :precompile
> > compile.using :javac
> > compile.from _(:src, :main, :precompile)
> > end
> > task :compile => [:precompile]
> >
> > compile.with precompile.target
> > end
> >
> > hope that helps,
> > alex
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Alex Boisvert <alex.boisv...@gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Yes that's what I was going to suggest. Try it, if you can't get it to
> > > work quickly enough, I can help. (Though I'm not close to a computer
> > right
> > > now to give full example).
> > >
> > > alex
> > >
> > >
> > > On Friday, November 11, 2011, Allen Riddle <allenrid...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Is there a way to simply new up a CompileTask and use that in an
> > enhance?
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Dominic Graefen
> > > > <dominic.grae...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> For my buildr-as3 plugin I have a postprocessor on my compile
> output,
> > > >> you could just call a function once the compile is complete:
> > > >>
> > > >> compile {
> > > >> post_process_meth
> > > >> }
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Dominic Graefen
> > > >> Freelance: Interactive Developer / Creative Technologist
> > > >> devboy.org
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Peter Donald wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > Hi,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Allen Riddle <
> > allenrid...@gmail.com
> > > (mailto:
> > > >> allenrid...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > >> > > I have a project that needs 1 .java file compiled to be fed to a
> > > JAXB
> > > >> > > compiler. However, I'm unsure on how to essentially have a
> single
> > > >> project
> > > >> > > run a compile task twice. My question is, using one project,
> how
> > > do I:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > 1. Compile a .java file
> > > >> > > 2. Invoke the JAXB compiler using the .class file from step one
> > (I
> > > >> have
> > > >> > > this working)
> > > >> > > 3. Compile the generated JAXB .java classes to .class files
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I don't think there is any real way to do this. The way that I
> would
> > > >> > do it would be to have a separate project for the initial compile.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > --
> > > >> > Cheers,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Peter Donald
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
