Eclipse can create jar everytime I save?

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aleicaro@libero.it - 07 Jun 2005 16:35 GMT

Hi,
Is it possible with eclipse 3 (or with a plugin) to create
automatically a jar file everytime I save a class. So everytime it will
rebuild the .class files it will recreate the .jar file.

Thank you
Alessandro Rossi

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Ingo R. Homann - 08 Jun 2005 07:54 GMT

Hi,

> Hi,
> Is it possible with eclipse 3 (or with a plugin) to create
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> Thank you
> Alessandro Rossi

Yes: When you save a class, it will automatically be compiled by Eclipse
(if you have selected "Build Automatically"). In the build-preferences,
you can add an ant-task and that can do whatever you want it to do, such
as building a jar-file. (This may slow down everything a bit, of course!)

Ciao,
Ingo

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aleicaro@libero.it - 08 Jun 2005 08:27 GMT

Thank you for your precious help, but i'm still a newbie :). I can't
find where is build-preferences.
Can you still help me?

Thank you.

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Ingo R. Homann - 08 Jun 2005 08:46 GMT

Hi,

> Thank you for your precious help, but i'm still a newbie :). I can't
> find where is build-preferences.
> Can you still help me?

Project -> Properties -> Builders

There you have the possibility to add a "New" Builder based on an ant-file.

Please consult an ant-tutorial/manual to learn how to go further from
this on. the ant-file might look like this:

- build.xml -
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="JWAF" default="jar">
    <target name="jar">
        <jar destfile="deploy/JWAF.jar">
            <fileset dir="bin" />
        </jar>
    </target>
</project>

Ciao,
Ingo

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aleicaro@libero.it - 08 Jun 2005 09:08 GMT

Hi, I followed your instructions, and I added an ANT file to the
builders, I tried and the ANT file works properly. But if I modify a
.java file in my project and then I save, I've seen that the builder
I've added is not executed...and my jar hasn't modified. Do you know
why?

Thank you
Alessandro Rossi

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aleicaro@libero.it - 08 Jun 2005 09:15 GMT

Solved.
I've seen that on the build definition windows, in the tab "Build
options" there is a check "Run the builder during Auto build". I
checked it and all works.

Thank you very much.
Alessandro Rossi.

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