api / org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model / EclipseProject

EclipseProject

open class EclipseProject

Enables fine-tuning project details (.project file) of the Eclipse plugin

Example of use with a blend of all possible properties. Bear in mind that usually you don't have configure eclipse project directly because Gradle configures it for free!

 apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'eclipse' eclipse { project { //if you don't like the name Gradle has chosen name = 'someBetterName' //if you want to specify the Eclipse project's comment comment = 'Very interesting top secret project' //if you want to append some extra referenced projects in a declarative fashion: referencedProjects 'someProject', 'someOtherProject' //if you want to assign referenced projects referencedProjects = ['someProject'] as Set //if you want to append some extra natures in a declarative fashion: natures 'some.extra.eclipse.nature', 'some.another.interesting.nature' //if you want to assign natures in a groovy fashion: natures = ['some.extra.eclipse.nature', 'some.another.interesting.nature'] //if you want to append some extra build command: buildCommand 'buildThisLovelyProject' //if you want to append a build command with parameters: buildCommand 'buildItWithTheArguments', argumentOne: "I'm first", argumentTwo: "I'm second" //if you want to create an extra link in the eclipse project, //by location uri: linkedResource name: 'someLinkByLocationUri', type: 'someLinkType', locationUri: 'file://someUri' //by location: linkedResource name: 'someLinkByLocation', type: 'someLinkType', location: '/some/location' //if you don't want any node_modules folder to appear in Eclipse, you can filter it out: resourceFilter { appliesTo = 'FOLDERS' type = 'EXCLUDE_ALL' matcher { id = 'org.eclipse.ui.ide.multiFilter' arguments = '1.0-name-matches-false-false-node_modules' } } } } 
For tackling edge cases users can perform advanced configuration on resulting XML file. It is also possible to affect the way eclipse plugin merges the existing configuration via beforeMerged and whenMerged closures.

beforeMerged and whenMerged closures receive Project object

Examples of advanced configuration:

 apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'eclipse' eclipse { project { file { //if you want to mess with the resulting XML in whatever way you fancy withXml { def node = it.asNode() node.appendNode('xml', 'is what I love') } //closure executed after .project content is loaded from existing file //but before gradle build information is merged beforeMerged { project -> //if you want skip merging natures... (a very abstract example) project.natures.clear() } //closure executed after .project content is loaded from existing file //and after gradle build information is merged whenMerged { project -> //you can tinker with the Project here } } } } 

Constructors

<init>

EclipseProject(file: XmlFileContentMerger)

Properties

VALID_LINKED_RESOURCE_ARGS

static val VALID_LINKED_RESOURCE_ARGS: ImmutableSet

Functions

buildCommand

open fun buildCommand(args: MutableMap<String, String>, buildCommand: String): Unit

Adds a build command with arguments to the eclipse project.

For example see docs for EclipseProject

open fun buildCommand(buildCommand: String): Unit

Adds a build command to the eclipse project.

For example see docs for EclipseProject

file

open fun file(closure: Closure<Any>): Unit

Enables advanced configuration like tinkering with the output XML or affecting the way existing .project content is merged with gradle build information

The object passed to whenMerged{} and beforeMerged{} closures is of type Project

For example see docs for EclipseProject

open fun file(action: Action<in XmlFileContentMerger>): Unit

Enables advanced configuration like tinkering with the output XML or affecting the way existing .project content is merged with gradle build information. For example see docs for EclipseProject

getBuildCommands

open fun getBuildCommands(): MutableList<BuildCommand>

getComment

open fun getComment(): String

getFile

fun getFile(): XmlFileContentMerger

See #file(Action)

getLinkedResources

open fun getLinkedResources(): MutableSet<Link>

getName

open fun getName(): String

getNatures

open fun getNatures(): MutableList<String>

getReferencedProjects

open fun getReferencedProjects(): MutableSet<String>

getResourceFilters

open fun getResourceFilters(): MutableSet<ResourceFilter>

The resource filters of the eclipse project.

linkedResource

open fun linkedResource(args: MutableMap<String, String>): Unit

Adds a resource link (aka 'source link') to the eclipse project.

For example see docs for EclipseProject

mergeXmlProject

open fun mergeXmlProject(xmlProject: Project): Unit

natures

open fun natures(vararg natures: String): Unit

Appends natures entries to the eclipse project.

For example see docs for EclipseProject

referencedProjects

open fun referencedProjects(vararg referencedProjects: String): Unit

The referenced projects of this Eclipse project (*not*: java build path project references).

Referencing projects does not mean adding a build path dependencies between them! If you need to configure a build path dependency use Gradle's dependencies section or eclipse.classpath.whenMerged { classpath -> ... to manipulate the classpath entries

resourceFilter

open fun resourceFilter(configureClosure: Closure<Any>): ResourceFilter
open fun resourceFilter(configureAction: Action<in ResourceFilter>): ResourceFilter

Adds a resource filter to the eclipse project.

For examples, see docs for ResourceFilter

setBuildCommands

open fun setBuildCommands(buildCommands: MutableList<BuildCommand>): Unit

The build commands to be added to this Eclipse project.

For example see docs for EclipseProject

setComment

open fun setComment(comment: String): Unit

A comment used for the eclipse project. By default it will be configured to project.description

For example see docs for EclipseProject

setLinkedResources

open fun setLinkedResources(linkedResources: MutableSet<Link>): Unit

The linked resources to be added to this Eclipse project.

For example see docs for EclipseProject

setName

open fun setName(name: String): Unit

Configures eclipse project name. It is optional because the task should configure it correctly for you. By default it will try to use the project.name or prefix it with a part of a project.path to make sure the moduleName is unique in the scope of a multi-module build. The 'uniqueness' of a module name is required for correct import into Eclipse and the task will make sure the name is unique.

The logic that makes sure project names are unique is available since 1.0-milestone-2

If your project has problems with unique names it is recommended to always run gradle eclipse from the root, e.g. for all subprojects, including generation of .classpath. If you run the generation of the eclipse project only for a single subproject then you may have different results because the unique names are calculated based on eclipse projects that are involved in the specific build run.

If you update the project names then make sure you run gradle eclipse from the root, e.g. for all subprojects. The reason is that there may be subprojects that depend on the subproject with amended eclipse project name. So you want them to be generated as well because the project dependencies in .classpath need to refer to the amended project name. Basically, for non-trivial projects it is recommended to always run gradle eclipse from the root.

For example see docs for EclipseProject

setNatures

open fun setNatures(natures: MutableList<String>): Unit

The natures to be added to this Eclipse project.

For example see docs for EclipseProject

setReferencedProjects

open fun setReferencedProjects(referencedProjects: MutableSet<String>): Unit

The referenced projects of this Eclipse project (*not*: java build path project references).

Referencing projects does not mean adding a build path dependencies between them! If you need to configure a build path dependency use Gradle's dependencies section or eclipse.classpath.whenMerged { classpath -> ... to manipulate the classpath entries

For example see docs for EclipseProject