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Separate ouptut directories [message #509421]

Fri, 22 January 2010 07:27

Eclipse User

I have a component (defined in my 'src' directory) which uses the Java ServiceLoader mechanism to locate service implementations. The 'src' directory also contains a META-INF/services file that describes the 'production' service implementations.

The JUnit tests for this component are in a separate 'test_src' directory and define specialised test service implementations. Obviously the test service implementations shouldn't appear in the main META-INF/services file, but if I define a separate META-INF/services file in test_src then there is a clash in the output directory. These two files have to have the same name + path (by definition) but Eclipse's use of a single output directory means that I can't include both files on my classpath at the same time.

Is there any way to specify a separate output directory for test_src (e.g. test_bin)? I hunted through the dialogs but the only output directory setting that I could find seems to be global.

Re: Separate ouptut directories [message #509435 is a reply to message #509421]

Fri, 22 January 2010 07:49

Eclipse User

On 22/01/10 5:57 PM, Paul wrote:
> Is there any way to specify a separate output directory for test_src
> (e.g. test_bin)? I hunted through the dialogs but the only output
> directory setting that I could find seems to be global.

You can have separate output folders for each source folder: Project
Properties->Java Build Path->Source tab.

- Prakash
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Re: Separate ouptut directories [message #509440 is a reply to message #509435]

Fri, 22 January 2010 08:02

Eclipse User

Aha... I missed the little checkbox for 'Allow output for source folders'. You have to turn that on before the option to select a different output folder is available. If source folders normally use the default directory anyway then I don't really know why you need an additional checkbox, but it's easy enough once you know its there.

Many thanks!

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