Re: xcode, javac, and 101 errors

On Jul 30, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Ray Sanders wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.

Just create a new Java Application from the templates, and it will  
have a structure created for you already. Double-click into the bulls- 
eye looking build target, and inspect where it calls /usr/bin/ant, and  
how it passes parameters to it.

Cheers,
Mike Swingler
Java Runtime Engineer
Apple Inc.
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