[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-10401) externalize URL for Central directory.xml file so it can be passed in via commandline when building or at runtime

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

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Nick Boldt commented on JBIDE-10401:
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For the second part, Max & I propose this:

1. In the Central component job & Aggregate jobs' config.xml files, enable a new profile which sets a different URL for the directory.xml file (to use nightly/trunk instead of development/indigo)

2. In central/pom.xml, create a new profile which sets a property for the URL for the directory.xml file (to use nightly/trunk instead of development/indigo)

3. In central/pom.xml, enable copy-resources w/ filtering to resolve the <property> :: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/examples/copy-resources.html

                
> externalize URL for Central directory.xml file so it can be passed in via commandline when building or at runtime 
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-10401
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-10401
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Build/Releng, central, updatesite
>    Affects Versions: 3.3.0.M5
>            Reporter: Nick Boldt
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 3.3.0.Beta1
>
>
> 1. Need to replace hardcoded variable
> {code}
>         private static final String JBOSS_DISCOVERY_DIRECTORY_3_3_0_XML = "http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/nightly/core/trunk/jbosstools-directory.xml"; // published URL
> {code}
> with value in plugin.properties. This will allow the plugin to be "fixed" when releasing it to point at a different URL.
> 2. Need to allow passing in the URL as a commandline variable at build-time so that we can have the same code overridden when built in stable branch for a milestone vs. in trunk.
> This could be done via Maven calling Ant in the pom.xml to do a simple XSLT on the build.properties file. (If you can't figure out another way, assign this part to me and I'll do this -- already have 80% of the code for such a transform in place.) This would allow overrides to be set in the parent/pom.xml or via commandline -D flags.
> 3. We could also set 4 variables in the plugin.properties file (for the 4 possible URLs) and have the -D flag be a simple switch between GA, milestone, nightly stable, and nightly trunk, without having to actually state the URL via the commandline.

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