Re: xcode, javac, and 101 errors

On 7/30/09, Mike Swingler <swingler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jul 30, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Ray Sanders wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have a rather large (to me) java project that I've been working on
>> for a few years. Lately, the xcode java environment is generating
>> spurious errors which are not real. Whatever is causing the problem,
>> it can be reset by doing a Clean/Build. After I do that, I get 1 - 10
>> normal builds, before the problem reappears, and I have to revert to
>> Clean/Build.
>>
>> target of build is a java application
>>
>> environment:
>> Version 3.1.2 (Xcode IDE: 1149.0, Xcode Core: 1148.0, ToolSupport:
>> 1102.0)
>> Mac OS X 10.5.6
>> MacBook 2.4 C2D, 4GB ram, ~90 GB free HD space, no VMware/BootCamp,
>> lots of free ram.
>>
>> project:
>> ~200 physical project files (.java and .properties)
>> ~500 class definitions
>> ~58k lines of java code
>>
>> This problem has only occurred in the last month or so, and seems to
>> be getting more frequent (not to mention frustrating). The spurious
>> errors are all (AFAICT) "Cannot find symbol".
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas or thoughts on how to resolve this ?
>
> We've had similar problems using Jam Xcode targets in the past with
> compilations that bring in more that 100 .java files.
>
> Unfortunately, the only exhaustive solution is to reconstruct the
> project file using Ant-backed external Xcode targets. I've also had
> good success hauling a project's source files into a Java IDE like
> Eclipse, and having it generate a build.xml file which I hand tweak
> later so Xcode can kick it off.
>
> Best of luck,
> Mike Swingler
> Java Runtime Engineer
> Apple Inc.
>

Is there some place, where I can read up to get a clue about how to
implement the 'Ant-backed external Xcode targets' ? I understand what
Ant is, but not how to integrate into my xcode build process.

thanks, Ray
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