Configuration

General ideas

• independant from the platform (windows/unix/.NET) [conditions]
• one file with multiple configurations (eg. debug, release build) [targets]
• exclude as regexp pattern [file patterns]
• global ignore patterns (eg. cvs/svn) [file patterns on targets]
• libraries [library group]
• relative paths [paths relative to ecf file location]
• actions before/after run/compile (eg. start a server) [pre-/postcompile actions/tasks]
• variables [used in locations and for custom conditions]

A system consists of multiple targets. A target can extend another target. A target can have some libraries, assemblies, clusters and override clusters. A library has an associated target. A cluster can have a parent cluster. An override cluster has a some groups it overrides.

Libraries

A library specification includes needed clusters, assemblies, libraries, externals and tasks. If a library is included in a project only classes in clusters can be accessed from this project because everything else is considered a dependency of the library and not content of the library itself.

File pattern

The file pattern match against the relative path in unix format in a cluster. e.g. if the cluster is in C:\mycluster

   C:\mycluster\storage\table\*
   C:\mycluster\storage\table.e
   C:\mycluster\something\storage\table\*

   C:\mycluster\storage\table\*

   C:\mycluster\a\test\*
   C:\mycluster\b\test\*

   C:\mycluster\a\test\*
   C:\mycluster\b\test\*
   C:\mycluster\something\table\test\*

Questions and Problems

• When are two libraries the same? UUID

Multiple library usage

Problem

System Application

library A
library B

System A

library C
    option Yes

System B

library C
    option No

We have a conflict for the option on library C.

Solution

If the library is directly used in Application, use the this options, otherwise use the options of the Application system.