Re: ant and cvs directory structure?

[Ray Tayek]

At 11:36 AM 5/13/02 -0500, Joi Ellis wrote:
> On Sun, 12 May 2002, Ray Tayek wrote:
>
> > hi, new to cvs (used to rcs), trying to grok a rational tree structure for
> > cvs. seems like packages hang out in com.foo.packageName.....
> > but this would scatter/duplicate the stuff from com.foo in many places.
>
> I tend to have one JBuilder project <-> one Java package <-> one CVS Module.
> However, I also tend to separate unit test classes from application classes
> to make deployment easier.
>
> I put reusable utility classes into a utils package, and once I decide I
> really want to reuse those classes in other projects, I'll move that class
> from its original project over into my Utils project.  A physical refactoring,
> as it were.  It's not uncommon for a Project to have an application package
> and a utils package for a time during initial development.

got it.


> >
> > so perhaps the following is indicated:
> > ...
>
> I have my Utils project create a utils.jar, and that jar goes onto the class
> path of any other project which needs it.  I never deliberately duplicate
> classes between projects/cvs modules, for that way lies madness. ;)

yes, that is what i was worried about.

>  Inside
> JBuilder, I typically define a library which points to a
> checked-out-and-compiled workspace for the Utils project.  That way I don't
> have to worry about keeping the jar itself up to date or deal with jar
> file handle conflicts.
>
> I use JBuilder rather than ant, but the tool doesn't matter that much.
> Ant is a fine, java-based make replacement but I just haven't needed it for
> more than building one or two 3rd party libraries.

thanks for the info

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