[Patch #439] Compiler refactor prototype + Pack group, installGroups

Patch #439 has been updated. 

Project: izpack
Category: None
Status: Open
Submitted by: starksm
Assigned to : none
Summary: Compiler refactor prototype + Pack group, installGroups

Follow-Ups:

Date: 2005-May-15 09:05
By: starksm

Comment:
Ok, I'll submit a new ant task. The @{x} syntax can be supported at the ant 
level which is where I would to deal with compile time substitution as I find 
the non-dot-decimal style of property names/system properties to be an 
integration problem.
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Date: 2005-May-15 08:00
By: mchenryc

Comment:

This should be two separate patches. Addition of install groups and Ant 
integration are orthogonal.

The groups feature is a useful addition.

The Ant integration introduces semantic confusion.  IzPack uses the syntax 
${foo} for variables replaced at install time. Properties, replaced at compile 
time, use the syntax @{foo} so they do not conflict. Ant replaces ${foo} at 
compile time introducing the conflict.

Even if ant did not replace ${foo} in the CDATA, different semantics for a 
single syntax, in one file, is not a good idea.

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Date: 2005-May-14 22:40
By: starksm

Comment:
This patch refactors the compiler into an xml configuration driven piece and an 
xml independent piece. The IzPackTask task has been updated to support an 
embedded install configuration using a config child element:

   <target name="installer">
      <echo message="Building JBossAS Installer..."/>
      <izpack
         output="jboss-4.0.2-installer.jar"
         installerType="standard"
         basedir="${jboss.dist}"
         inheritAll="true"
         izPackDir="${IZPACK_HOME}"
         >
         <property name="STACKTRACE" value="true"/>
         <config>
<![CDATA[
<installation version="1.0">
...
</installation>
]]>
         </config>
      </izpack>

Note that the install document needs to be embedded in a CDATA element. Any ant 
property references of the for ${x} in the configuration will be replaced using 
the ant project properties before being passed to the compiler.

Two new attributes have been added the Pack/PackInfo classes:

group: The group the pack is associated with. The pack group identifies packs 
with common functionality to allow for grouping of packs in a tree in the 
TargetPanel for example.

installGroups: An association of this pack to zero or more installation groups. 
An installation group is just a named collection of packs to allow for 
different pack collections to be selected, for example: minimal, default, all.

The syntax for the installGroups is a comma seperated list of the group names.

Nothing has been done to make use of the group or installGroups in the 
installation panels as yet.

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