Hi, On Jan 24, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Rhett Sutphin wrote:
> Hi Mark, > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 7:50 AM, Mark - Mixtup wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I apologise in advance if this question is a little too basic. I have no >> experience with Ant or Maven which I assume would have helped me in getting >> started with buildr. I just got buildr installed and I'm struggling to get >> anything building. I have a non default layout which looks like this: >> >> *\src\com\ud\robots\<.java files>* >> *\src\com\ud\robots\assertions\<.java files>* >> *\src\com\ud\robots\carriers\<.java files> * >> *\src\com\ud\robots\functional\<.java files> * >> *\src\com\ud\robots\trigger\<.java files> * > > Looking at this listing, it seems like what you have is a single source > directory (src) that contains code in five java packages (com.ud.robots, > com.ud.assertions, com.ud.carriers, etc.). Unless you're sure you want to > compile each package into a separate jar, what you want is Typo fix, just to be extra clear: the packages appear to be com.ud.robots, com.ud.robots.assertions, com.ud.robots.carriers, etc. Rhett > > custom_layout[:source, :main, :java] = 'src' > >> >> First I assumed that if I placed the buildfile in \ and then edited the >> layouts like this... >> >> *custom_layout[:source, :main, :java] = 'src/com/ud/robots'* >> * >> custom _layout[:source, :test] = 'test' >> custom _layout[:target, :main] = 'bin' >> custom _layout[:target, :test] = 'bin' >> * >> >> ...and then added the following in the main define... >> >> *compile.from _(:src, :main, :java)* > > If you change the layout for the project, you shouldn't need to use > compile.from -- the default will work. If you do want to use compile.from, > you want to say > > compile.from _(:source, :main, :java) > > for the path_to (underscore) method to use the values from your layout. > >> >> the build would work, but instead I get the following error... >> >> *Exception while invoking prerequisites of task <Buildr::CompileTask >> Jamie's Robot:compile => [Jamie's Robot:resources, C:/Documents and >> Settings/mac/Eclipse Workspace/Jamie's Robot/src/main/java]>* >> * >> * >> So now I have two questions: >> >> 1. Do I need to manually define the resources task? If so, could you point >> me to an example? > > There should be a resources task already. The part of the error you've copied > here doesn't indicate what the actual problem was, just that there was a > problem. My guess based on what you said above is that the source directory > the error message is referring to (C:/Documents and Settings/mac/Eclipse > Workspace/Jamie's Robot/src/main/java) doesn't exist. > > If my other suggestions don't work, please try to invoke buildr with the > --trace option and send us the full output. > >> 2. Will having one central buildfile like this work, or do I need to have a >> separate one in each subdirectory as well as the root? > > If you really want to compile each java package separately, you will need to > have multiple subprojects in a single buildfile. However, like I indicated > above, please make sure that's really what you want. > > Rhett > >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Mark Coleman
