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[Build] - Information about extending Post-Build options.


Jose Miguel Ordax Cassa (2.4k4126100) | asked Jun 01 '09, 7:51 a.m.
Hi, currently in RTC 2.0 we have two Post-Build options when defining
the ANT - Jazz Build Engine.

I would like to be able to add a new one for Static Analysis results. I
have been searching the web for information and samples about how to do
such kind of extension with no luck. I just found this Wiki page:
https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/BuildJavaProgrammingExamples but it
doesn't cover this scenario.

Is there any document or URL where I can find more information?

Thanks in advance,

Chemi.

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Nick Edgar (6.5k711) | answered Jun 15 '09, 5:20 p.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER
Hi Chemi, sorry for the delay.

You need to
- Add an extension to the com.ibm.team.build.common.buildConfigurationElements extension point. This allows the user to choose your build participant when configuring a build definition. This typically goes in a .common plug-in, shared between the UI and build engine. It also lists which properties are set by your configuration.

- Add an extension to the extension point: com.ibm.team.build.engine.buildEngineParticipants. This is the code that gets run as part of the build, and refers to the confiuration extension above. Specify POST_BUILD as the build phase.

- Implement your participant class, extending com.ibm.team.build.engine.AbstractPostBuildParticipant

Here are some snippets from the JUnit Publishing participant.

From /com.ibm.team.build.common/plugin.xml:


<extension
point="com.ibm.team.build.common.buildConfigurationElements">
<buildConfigurationElement
id="com.ibm.team.build.junit.publishing" buildPhase="POST_BUILD"
description="%JUnitPublishingConfigElementDescription"
name="%JUnitPublishingConfigElementName">
<configurationProperty name="com.ibm.team.build.junit.publishing.log"/>
<configurationProperty name="com.ibm.team.build.engine.variable.substitution"/>
</buildConfigurationElement>
</extension>


From /com.ibm.team.build.engine/plugin.xml:


<extension
point="com.ibm.team.build.engine.buildEngineParticipants">
<buildEngineParticipant
id="com.ibm.team.build.internal.engine.JUnitPublishingPostBuildParticipant"
class="com.ibm.team.build.internal.engine.JUnitPublishingPostBuildParticipant"
buildPhase="POST_BUILD"
configurationElementId="com.ibm.team.build.junit.publishing">
</buildEngineParticipant>
</extension>


From /com.ibm.team.build.engine/src/com/ibm/team/build/internal/engine/JUnitPublishingPostBuildParticipant.java:


...
import com.ibm.team.build.engine.AbstractPostBuildParticipant;
...
public class JUnitPublishingPostBuildParticipant extends AbstractPostBuildParticipant {

public BuildStatus postBuild(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws Exception {
...
}
}



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Jose Miguel Ordax Cassa (2.4k4126100) | answered Jun 23 '09, 12:40 p.m.
Thanks a lot Nick. I will try to get a closer look to your code.

I was trying to integrate Rational Software Analyzer with Build System
of RTC. Currently I have done already with RTC Build built-in
capabilities and ANT tasks but I wanted to get further in such
integration and get something similar to Rational Build Forge
integration (its own tab and content).

I am not aware of any plans for that in RSAR product so I will try to
play around with it although I am sure in the future there will be such
official and supported integration.

Thanks again,

Chemi.

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