Geertjan's Blog
- May 8, 2009
Build Project Command for Ant Based Project Types
So, how to add the "Build Project" menu item to the project's contextual menu? Firstly, add the line below to the getActions() in the LogicalViewProvider:
@Override
public Action[] getActions(boolean arg0) {
Action[] nodeActions = new Action[7];
nodeActions[0] = CommonProjectActions.newFileAction();//The 'null' is a reference to no properties being used, in this case.
nodeActions[1] = ProjectSensitiveActions.projectCommandAction(ActionProvider.COMMAND_BUILD, "Build Project", null);
nodeActions[2] = CommonProjectActions.copyProjectAction();
nodeActions[3] = CommonProjectActions.deleteProjectAction();
nodeActions[5] = CommonProjectActions.setAsMainProjectAction();
nodeActions[6] = CommonProjectActions.closeProjectAction();
return nodeActions;
}
Next, you need an ActionProvider, such as the following, which includes the Build command:
private final class ActionProviderImpl implements ActionProvider {
private String[] supported = new String[]{
ActionProvider.COMMAND_DELETE,
ActionProvider.COMMAND_COPY,ActionProvider.COMMAND_BUILD,
};
@Override
public String[] getSupportedActions() {
return supported;
}
@Override
public void invokeAction(String string, Lookup lookup) throws IllegalArgumentException {
if (string.equalsIgnoreCase(ActionProvider.COMMAND_DELETE)) {
DefaultProjectOperations.performDefaultDeleteOperation(DemoProject.this);
}
if (string.equalsIgnoreCase(ActionProvider.COMMAND_COPY)) {
DefaultProjectOperations.performDefaultCopyOperation(DemoProject.this);
}//Here we find the Ant script and call the target we need!
if (string.equalsIgnoreCase(ActionProvider.COMMAND_BUILD)) {
try {
FileObject buildImpl = helper.getProjectDirectory().getFileObject("nbproject/build-impl.xml");
ActionUtils.runTarget(buildImpl, new String[]{"compile"}, null);
} catch (IOException ex) {
Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
}
}
}
@Override
public boolean isActionEnabled(String command, Lookup lookup) throws IllegalArgumentException {
if ((command.equals(ActionProvider.COMMAND_DELETE))) {
return true;
} else if ((command.equals(ActionProvider.COMMAND_COPY))) {
return true;} else if ((command.equals(ActionProvider.COMMAND_BUILD))) {
return true;
} else {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(command);
}
}
}Finally, add the ActionProvider to the Lookup of your Project:
@Override
public Lookup getLookup() {
return Lookups.fixed(new Object[]{
new Info(),
new DemoProjectLogicalView(this),new ActionProviderImpl()
});
}
And that's all. You've now added a Build Project command to your project type. When the user selects it, the "compile" target is invoked in the Ant script. In the same way, you can add others, such as "Clean" and "Run" or whatever you want to expose to the user of your project type.
Three cheers for Gj, hip-hip hurray :D
Thanks a lot.
The null arg to PSA.pCA says to use a default icon. It has nothing to do with "properties".
Use equals, not equalsIgnoreCase.
Note that it would be conventional to use build.xml rather than nbproject/build-impl.xml as the script to run. Of course this depends entirely on what kinds of scripts you create and how you maintain them.