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Custom Build Chain for XML? [message #1859866]

Sun, 02 July 2023 04:31

Eclipse User

I have a bunch of XML files that I edit with the "Eclipse XML Editor and Tools" software - I hope this is the right forum for this.

For these, I've got a custom "build process" based on two PERL scripts:

Step 1: each *.xml -> *.pdf, *.idx (with idx files being CSVs with data extracted and processed from the XML)

Step 2: all *.idx together -> index.pdf (forming an index over all the objects)

I could easily create a Makefile for this, but how do I teach these rules to Eclipse?

[Updated on: Sun, 02 July 2023 04:32] by Moderator

Re: Custom Build Chain for XML? [message #1859868 is a reply to message #1859866]

Sun, 02 July 2023 20:08

Eclipse User

There are different amounts of integration you can implement, but the simplest would be to add your external build process as an External Builder on the project, so that it will run automatically like all the others.

https://help.eclipse.org/latest/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/tasks-exttools-running.htm?cp=0_3_14

Re: Custom Build Chain for XML? [message #1859872 is a reply to message #1859868]

Mon, 03 July 2023 02:22

Eclipse User

OK, so I can always call make, but that I could just do from the command line. My question was more on how to implement those rules in Eclipse.

Re: Custom Build Chain for XML? [message #1859929 is a reply to message #1859872]

Wed, 05 July 2023 16:54

Eclipse User

That would be to create a plug-in of your own and register an extension using https://help.eclipse.org/latest/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_core_resources_builders.html?cp=2_1_1_16 .

Re: Custom Build Chain for XML? [message #1860103 is a reply to message #1859929]

Tue, 18 July 2023 02:39

Eclipse User

Thanks for the link. Looks like I basically have to program a make in Java to accomplish this. Nope.