ConfigurationFileFormat

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Examples

The situation is this, that we have A configuration file for base, vision and an application that uses both base and vision.


XML (will be used)

base

<system name="base" uuid="15ac36b5-2c65-41e9-8309-c504dd430a0b" library_target="base">
	<target name="base">
		<version major="2" minor="0" release="0" build="1"/>
		<cluster name="base" location="files/base"/>
	</target/
</system>

vision

<system name="vision" uuid="9a8d3871-ef44-484c-9029-c52d17df40f0" library_target="vision">
	<version major="3" minor="2" release="1" build="2"/>
 
	<target name="vision">
		<library name="base" location="$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/base/base.ace"/>
 
		<cluster name="vision" location="files/vision">
			<cluster name="mysub" location="$/sub" recursive="true">
		</cluster>
 
		<cluster name="mswin" location="files/vision/win">
			<if platform="windows"/>
		</cluster>
 
		<cluster name="unix" location="files/vision/gtk">
			<ifnot platform="windows"/>
		</cluster>
 
		<external_include location="files/vision/include/test.h">
			<if platform="windows" build="workbench"/>
		</external_include>
		<external_include location="files/vision/include/gtk.h">
			<if platform="unix"/>
			<if platform="mac"/>
			<if platform="vxworks"/>
		</external_include>
 
	<target name="debug" extends="vision">
		<cluster name="debug" location="files/vision/debug" recursive="true">
			<uses>base</uses>
			<uses>vision</uses>
		</cluster>
	</target>
</system>

application

<system name="application" uuid="9a8aab21-ef44-484c-9029-c52d17df40f0">
	<version major="1" minor="1" release="1" build="1"/>
 
	<target name="application">
		<root cluster="application" class="root_class" feature="make"/>
 
		<library name="base" location="$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/base/base.ace"/>
 
		<library name="vision" location="$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/vision/vision.ace"/>
 
		<cluster name="application" location="files/app/" recursive="true"/>
	</target>
</system>

ACE

base

system
	"base"

version
	"2.0.0.1"

uuid
	"15ac36b5-2c65-41e9-8309-c504dd430a0b"

library_target
	base

target base
	cluster base: "files/base"

vision

system
	"vision"

version
	"3.2.1.2"

uuid
	"9a8d3871-ef44-484c-9029-c52d17df40f0"

library_target
	vision

target vision

library
	base: "$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/base/base.ace"

cluster
	vision: "files/vision"

	all mysub(vision): "$/sub"

	mswin: "files/vision/win"
		require(windows)

	unix: "files/vision/gtk"
		require(not_windows)

external

	include_path
		"files/vision/include/test.h"
			require(windows,workbench)
		"files/vision/include/gtk.h"
			require(unix)
			require(mac)
			require(vxworks)

target debug(vision)

cluster
	all debug: "location files/vision/debug"
		uses base, vision

application

system
	"application"

version
	"1.1.1.1"

uuid
	"9a8aab21-ef44-484c-9029-c52d17df40f0"

target
	application

root
	ROOT_CLASS(application):make

library
	base: "$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/base/base.ace"

	vision: "$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/vision/vision.ace"

cluster

	application: "location files/app/"
		recursive


Pseudo

base

system base
	version 2.0.0.1
	uuid 15ac36b5-2c65-41e9-8309-c504dd430a0b
	library_target base

target base
	cluster base
		location files/base

vision

system vision
	version 3.2.1.2
	uuid 9a8d3871-ef44-484c-9029-c52d17df40f0
	library_target vision

target vision
	library base
		location "$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/base/base.ace"

	cluster vision
		location "files/vision"

	cluster mysub extends vision
		location "$/sub"
		recursive

	cluster mswin [windows]
		location "files/vision/win"

	cluster unix [not_windows]
		location "files/vision/gtk"

	external_include
		"files/vision/include/test.h" ([windows, workbench])
		"files/vision/include/gtk.h" ([unix],[mac], [vxworks])

target debug extends vision
	cluster debug
		location "files/vision/debug"
		recursive
		uses base, vision

application

system application
	version 1.1.1.1
	uuid 9a8aab21-ef44-484c-9029-c52d17df40f0

target application
	root application:ROOT_CLASS:make

library base
	location "$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/base/base.ace"

library vision
	location "$ISE_EIFFEL/libraries/vision/vision.ace"

cluster application
	location "files/app/"
	recursive

Final format

This is the output produced if the configuration is safed.

Examples

Complex example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<system
         xmlns="http://www.eiffel.com/xml/configuration-1-0-0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.eiffel.com/xml/configuration-1-0-0 http://www.ise/~patrickr/Public/configuration-1-0-0.xsd"
         name="mysystem" uuid="f3683164-f273-4ef4-8b33-bea4702a1421" library_target="mytarget">
        <description>This is a simple test system.</description>
        <target name="mytarget" eifgen="some/relative/path/">
                <description>This is a first target</description>
                <root cluster="mycluster" class="root_class" feature="make"/>
                <version major="4" minor="3" release="3" build="1" company="Eiffel Software Inc." product="TestProduct" trademark="Trademarks (tm)" copyright="Copyrights (c)"/>
                <file_rule>
                        <description>This are some simple file rules that exclude and include some patterns.</description>
                        <exclude>\.svn</exclude>
                        <exclude>cvs</exclude>
                        <include>test</include>
                        <include>[abc]test</include>
                </file_rule>
                <option profile="true">
                        <debug name="internal" enabled="false"/>
                        <debug name="timescan" enabled="true"/>
                        <warning name="obsolete" enabled="true"/>
                </option>
                <external_include location="/files/test.h">
                        <description>some external</description>
                        <if platform="windows" build="workbench"/>
                        <if platform="windows" build="all"/>
                        <ifnot platform="unix" build="all"/>
                </external_include>
                <pre_compile_action command="/usr/bin/build_parser.sh">
                        <description>Build the parser.</description>
                </pre_compile_action>
                <post_compile_action command="test">
                        <description>Test something</description>
                        <ifnot platform="all" build="finalize"/>
                </post_compile_action>
                <variable name="myvariable" value="some/value"/>
                <variable name="myother" value="another value"/>
                <library name="base" location="libs/base/base.xml" readonly="true" prefix="lib_">
                        <description>This is the normal base library.</description>
                        <option>
                                <assertions precondition="false" postcondition="false" check="false" invariant="false" loop="true"/>
                        </option>
                        <renaming old_name="oldname" new_name="newname"/>
                        <class_option class="myclass" trace="true" profile="true" namespace="somenamespace">
                                <description>Some class options for myclass</description>
                        </class_option>
                </library>
                <library name="vision" location="libs/vision/vision.xml"/>
                <assembly name="someassembly" location="some/path" assembly_name="a_name" assembly_version="a_version" assembly_culture="a_cult" assembly_key="a_key"/>
                <cluster name="a_cluster" location="some/path" recursive="true">
                        <file_rule>
                                <description>This are some simple file rules that exclude and include some patterns.</description>
                                <exclude>\.svn</exclude>
                                <exclude>cvs</exclude>
                                <include>test</include>
                                <include>[abc]test</include>
                        </file_rule>
                        <uses group="vision"/>
                        <visible class="all_class"/>
                        <visible class="feature_class" feature="a_feature"/>
                        <visible class="feature_class" feature="another_feat"/>
                        <cluster name="subcluster" location="$/path"/>
                </cluster>
                <override name="an_override" location="some/path">
                        <override group="a_cluster"/>
                </override>
        </target>
        <target name="debug" extends="mytarget">
                <description>A debug target.</description>
        </target>
</system>

Simple example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<system
         xmlns="http://www.eiffel.com/xml/configuration-1-0-0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.eiffel.com/xml/configuration-1-0-0 http://www.ise/~patrickr/Public/configuration-1-0-0.xsd"
         name="mysystem" uuid="6eb88eca-6d9b-4ff8-aaa2-e8d9aa65e064">
        <target name="mytarget" eifgen="some/relative/path/">
                <root cluster="mycluster" class="root_class" feature="make"/>
                <version major="4" minor="3" release="3" build="1"/>
                <option profile="true">
                        <debug name="internal" enabled="false"/>
                        <debug name="timescan" enabled="true"/>
                        <warning name="obsolete" enabled="true"/>
                </option>
                <external_include location="/files/test.h">
                        <description>some external</description>
                        <if platform="windows" build="workbench"/>
                        <if platform="windows" build="all"/>
                        <ifnot platform="unix" build="all"/>
                </external_include>
                <library name="base" location="libs/base/base.xml" readonly="true"/>
                <cluster name="a_cluster" location="some/path" recursive="true">
                        <uses group="base"/>
                </cluster>
        </target>
</system>

Default example

An example that is similar to the default ace file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<system
         xmlns="http://www.eiffel.com/xml/configuration-1-0-0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.eiffel.com/xml/configuration-1-0-0 http://www.ise/~patrickr/Public/configuration-1-0-0.xsd"
         name="mysystem" uuid="b0fda5d2-09a9-46ac-84b4-3ed98055b82e">
        <target name="mytarget" eifgen="some/relative/path/">
                <root cluster="mycluster" class="root_class" feature="make"/>
                <version major="1" minor="0" release="0" build="0"/>
                <option profile="true">
                        <debug name="internal" enabled="false"/>
                        <debug name="timescan" enabled="true"/>
                </option>
                <library name="base" location="libs/base/base.xml" readonly="true"/>
                <cluster name="a_cluster" location="some/path" recursive="true">
                        <uses group="base"/>
                </cluster>
        </target>
</system>

xml Schema

The xml schema against which a configuration file has to validate can be found here: http://www.ise/~patrickr/Public/configuration-1-0-0.xsd