Sure.
Basically I created two new files (same names as in demo application)
aptbuild.xml and build.properties at the same level as build.xml.
In the aptbuild.xml, I added classpath to the compile rule:
<apt
srcdir="${apt.dir}"
fork="true"
destdir="${build.classes.dir}/."
debug="${javac.debug}"
classpath="${javac.classpath}"
deprecation="${javac.deprecation}">
</apt>
In build.properties file I added:
ant-apt.jar=C:/Program Files/netbeans-5.5/ide7/ant/lib/ant-apt.jar
build.classes.dir=${build.web.dir}/WEB-INF/classes
build.classes.excludes=**/*.java,**/*.form
build.dir=build
build.web.dir=${build.dir}/web
file.reference.commons-beanutils.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/commons-beanutils.jar
file.reference.commons-collections.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/commons-collections.jar
file.reference.commons-digester.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/commons-digester.jar
file.reference.commons-fileupload-1.0.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/commons-fileupload-1.0.jar
file.reference.commons-logging.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging.jar
file.reference.dataprovider.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/dataprovider.jar
file.reference.dojo-0.4.0-ajax.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/dojo-0.4.0-ajax.jar
file.reference.jsf-extensions-common-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/jsf-extensions-common-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
file.reference.jsf-impl.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/jsf-impl.jar
file.reference.jsftemplating-dt.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/jsftemplating-dt.jar
file.reference.jsftemplating-dynafaces-0.1.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/jsftemplating-dynafaces-0.1.jar
file.reference.jsftemplating.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/jsftemplating.jar
file.reference.json.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/json.jar
file.reference.webui-jsf-suntheme.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/webui-jsf-suntheme.jar
file.reference.webui-jsf.jar=web/WEB-INF/lib/webui-jsf.jar
j2ee.platform=1.5
j2ee.server.type=J2EE
javac.classpath=\
${file.reference.commons-digester.jar}:\
${file.reference.commons-beanutils.jar}:\
${file.reference.webui-jsf-suntheme.jar}:\
${file.reference.commons-logging.jar}:\
${file.reference.json.jar}:\
${file.reference.jsftemplating.jar}:\
${file.reference.dataprovider.jar}:\
${file.reference.commons-fileupload-1.0.jar}:\
${file.reference.commons-collections.jar}:\
${file.reference.webui-jsf.jar}:\
${file.reference.jsf-impl.jar}:\
${file.reference.jsf-extensions-common-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar}:\
${file.reference.dojo-0.4.0-ajax.jar}:\
${file.reference.jsftemplating-dynafaces-0.1.jar}:\
${file.reference.jsftemplating-dt.jar}
# Space-separated list of extra javac options
javac.compilerargs=
javac.debug=true
javac.deprecation=false
lib.dir=${web.docbase.dir}/WEB-INF/lib
source.root=src
apt.dir=${source.root}/apt
As you can see I have a separate inside src dir called apt for these
handler sources (whatever else needs to get compiled using apt).
In the build.xml I added (This was an empty rule defined in
nbproject/build-impl.xml for overwriting purposes):
<target name="-pre-compile">
<mkdir dir="${build.classes.dir}/." />
<echo> Building with apt: </echo>
<exec dir="." executable="${execute.ant}" failonerror="true"
failifexecutionfails="false">
<!-- We do this to add the ant-apt.jar to the lib path -->
<arg line="-f aptbuild.xml -lib ${ant-apt.jar} compile" />
</exec>
</target>
In the nbproject/project.properties I added (You probably don't need
this as there might be something that is already defined to use in place
of execute.ant, but I don't know what it is. So this is a quick
workaround.):
execute.ant=C:/Program Files/netbeans-5.5/ide7/ant/bin/ant.bat
That was it. You probably need more rules if you want more controls etc.
This is good enough for me.
-Karam
Ken Paulsen wrote:
>
> If you have any tips you can provide for other developers, this would
> be helpful.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ken
>
> Karam Singh Badesha wrote:
>> Anyway I got this working. Another step forward :)
>>
>> -Karam
>>
>> Karam Singh Badesha wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I am having hard time setting this up in Netbeans. Any pointers/help
>>> is greatly appreciated. I have already looked at the demo
>>> application file, it doesn't help me to get it working in Netbeans.
>>> Someone please send me steps on how I can get this going so that I
>>> can proceed with my work.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Karam
>>>