Writing a new Build Engine... - Updating Status and Activity

Hi again,

As I mentioned in my reply to your previous post, I'd really like to understand why you need to write a new build engine.

I also want to be able to provide updates on when activities start and complete

To start/complete build activities, use:

  ITeamRepository = ...;

  ITeamBuildClient buildClient = com.ibm.team.build.client.ClientFactory.getTeamBuildClient(repository);

  String activityId = buildClient.startBuildActivity(buildResultHandle, label, parentId, autoComplete, progressMonitor);

  ...

  buildClient.completeBuildActivity(buildResultHandle, activityId, progressMonitor);

I would also like to inform Jazz when a build is complete, but when I call the TeamBuildRequestClient.makeBuildComplete(...) method I am told I cannot complete a build which is in the "IN_PROGRESS" state.

What arguments are you passing to makeBuildComplete? It sounds like you're passing true for the buildNotNecessary argument, which is only allowed it the build is not yet started (NOT_STARTED state). Try passing false instead if so.

Hi Nick,

Thanks again for your help. Comments inline below...

Hi again,

As I mentioned in my reply to your previous post, I'd really like to understand why you need to write a new build engine.

Hopefully I've answered this on my response to another of your answers.

I also want to be able to provide updates on when activities start and complete

To start/complete build activities, use:

  ITeamRepository = ...;

  ITeamBuildClient buildClient = com.ibm.team.build.client.ClientFactory.getTeamBuildClient(repository);

  String activityId = buildClient.startBuildActivity(buildResultHandle, label, parentId, autoComplete, progressMonitor);

  ...

  buildClient.completeBuildActivity(buildResultHandle, activityId, progressMonitor);

Superb. I'll give this a try. From my reading it seems that I can create any activity I want when I start it, and then complete it by passing in the same ID. Is this correct? Also, where do I get the parentId and label values from? Can I det them to whatever I like? I guess not for parentId.

I would also like to inform Jazz when a build is complete, but when I call the TeamBuildRequestClient.makeBuildComplete(...) method I am told I cannot complete a build which is in the "IN_PROGRESS" state.

What arguments are you passing to makeBuildComplete? It sounds like you're passing true for the buildNotNecessary argument, which is only allowed it the build is not yet started (NOT_STARTED state). Try passing false instead if so.

I got this working, thanks. My problem wasn't in fact that I was passing "true" but that I was trying to communicate with the wrong buildRequest. Once I got hold of the right one I was able to change its state as desired.

Thanks again for all your help. look out for more posts as I get even further down the route of getting this all working...

Cheers, Andrew

From my reading it seems that I can create any activity I want when I start it, and then complete it by passing in the same ID. Is this correct? Also, where do I get the parentId and label values from? Can I det them to whatever I like? I guess not for parentId.

Yes, that's correct. You can also use true for autoComplete, in which case the activity will be automatically completed whenever the next activity is reported (for the same parent), or when the build is completed.

The label arg is the label to show for the activity, so it can be whatever you want. The parent id can be the id for some other activity if you want to group them hierarchically, or pass null for a top-level activity.

In case I wasn't clear above, the activity ID is returned from startBuildActivity, then can be used in the call to completeBuildActivity (as shown in my snippet), or used as the parent activity id for another call to startBuildActivity.

In case I wasn't clear above, the activity ID is returned from startBuildActivity, then can be used in the call to completeBuildActivity (as shown in my snippet), or used as the parent activity id for another call to startBuildActivity.

I see. Does this mean that if I'm calling this (startBuildActivity) without a parent activity I leave the latter null?

Yes, that's corrrect.