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Re: [cdt-dev] Creating tool options programatically
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Hi, Doug,
Why build a tool chain with Java code? It should be described as an
instance of an EMF model.
cW
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 13:44 -0400, Doug Schaefer wrote:
> This is definitely one area I want to enhance with a new rev of the
> build model. There are limits to what you can do with the
> dynamicElementProvider, for whatever reason. I'd like to be able to
> express my entire tool chain using Java. That needs to be made easier.
>
> Doug.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Chris Recoskie <recoskie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> The buildDefinitions extension point has a provision for
> this... the dynamicElementProvider. However, I don't think
> anyone has used this in quite some time and so I'm not sure
> it's fully functional any more.
>
> This is from the extention point description:
>
> <!ELEMENT dynamicElementProvider EMPTY>
>
> <!ATTLIST dynamicElementProvider
>
> class CDATA #REQUIRED
>
> name CDATA #REQUIRED>
>
> An optional element that allows a tool implementor to supply a
> class that creates one or more dynamic toolchain elements. For
> example, the class might create a new tool reference based on
> the contents of a special file, and a new target that uses
> that reference.
>
> * class - The class that implements the
> IManagedConfigElementProvider interface. The
> logic of determining the elements is left to
> the implementer, but they must be correctly
> formed or the build model will have trouble
> loading.
> * name - A meaningful name for the type of
> element being provided.
>
> ===========================
> Chris Recoskie
> Team Lead, IBM CDT and RDT
> IBM Toronto
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> Creating tool
> options
> programatically
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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know if there's a way to create (or populate) tool
> options
> at runtime? I need to query the toolchain for a list of
> supported
> targets and display them in a combo.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
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Christian W. Damus
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