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Kobalt, by Cedric Beust
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<h1>Plug-ins</h1>
<p>Kobalt ships with a number of plug-ins that are available to use right away.</p>
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<h2 class="section" id="java-kotlin">Java and Kotlin</h2>
<p>
The Java and Kotlin plug-ins are extremely similar, the only difference is that you configure a Java project with the <code>javaProject</code> directive and a Kotlin project with <code>kotlinProject</code>:
</p>
<pre>
val p = javaProject(wrapper) {
name = "kobalt"
group = "com.beust"
artifactId = name
version = "0.1"
}
</pre>
<p>
Both these directives create an object of type <code><a href="https://github.com/cbeust/kobalt/blob/master/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Project.kt">Project</code></a>.
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<h3 class="section" id="project" indent="1">Project</h3>
<p>
A <code>Project</code> has two mandatory attributes: <code>name</code> and <code>version</code>. If you are planning to deploy your project to a Maven repository, you also have to specify its <code>group</code> (e.g. <code>com.beust</code>) and <code>artifactId</code> (e.g. <code>kobalt</code>).
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Additionally, a <code>Project</code> lets you specify the following parameters:
<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt>sourceDirectories</dt>
<dd>The location of your source files</dd>
<dt>sourceDirectoriesTest</dt>
<dd>The location of your test source files</dd>
<dt>dependencies</dt>
<dd>The dependencies for your project</dd>
<dt>dependenciesTest</dt>
<dd>The dependencies for your tests</dd>
</dl>
<h3 class="section" id="tasks" indent="1">Tasks</h3>
<p>
Once you have at least one project configured, the plug-in lets you invoke the following tasks:
<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt>compile</dt>
<dd>Compile the project</dd>
<dt>compileTest</dt>
<dd>Compile the tests</dd>
<dt>test</dt>
<dd>Run the tests</dd>
<dt>clean</dt>
<dd>Clean the project</dd>
</dl>
<h3 class="section" id="variants" indent="1">Variants</h3>
<p>
Variants let you configure your project to generate different artifacts compiled from different sources depending on the <em>variant</em> you selected.
</p>
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<h4>Note</h4>
Kobalt's variant system is very similar to <a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/building/configuring-gradle.html">Android's build types</a>, so you should already be familiar with these concepts if you have built Android applications. The difference is that Kobalt supports variants in its core, so that all projects (not just Android's) can take advantage of it.
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<p>
A variant is made of at least one of the following two components:
</p>
<ul>
<li>The product flavor.</li>
<li>The build type.</li>
</ul>
<p>
<strong>Product flavors</strong> usually contains different source files and different logic (e.g. a "free version" and a "pro version". <strong>Build types</strong> lead to different archives (e.g. "debug" and "release", with the "release" version being obfuscated). This effect is achieved by defining identical source files in different directories and then letting Kobalt build the correct one. Each product flavor and build type has a name which translates directory into a source directory. For example:
</p>
<pre>
productFlavor("free") {
}
buildType("release") {
}</pre>
<p>
With these variants defined, you can now add source files in the "<code>src/free/java</code>" and "<code>src/release/java</code>" directories (Kotlin is also supported):
</p>
<pre>
src/free/java/Product.java
src/release/java/Product.java</pre>
<p>
If you define at least one variant, new tasks get added to your build:
</p>
<pre>
$ ./kobaltw --tasks
===== java =====
compileFreeRelease
compileFreeDebug
===== packaging =====
assembleFreeRelease
assembleFreeDebug</pre>
<p>
For example, if you define two flavors, "pro" and "free", and two build types, "debug" and "release", four tasks will be added that combine these: "proDebug", "proRelease", "freeDebug" and "freeRelease". If you assemble any of these, an artifact named after that combination will be created, e.g. "kobalt-0.273-free-debug.jar".
</p>
<h3 class="section" id="build-config" indent="1">BuildConfig</h3>
<p>
If you defined at least one variant defined, a special file called <code>BuildConfig.java</code> (or
<code>BuildConfig.kt</code>) will be automatically generated.
</p>
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<h4>Note</h4>
You need to define <code>packageName</code> in your project in order for this file to be generated or
Kobalt will fail.
</div>
<p>
This class contains at least two fields defining the current variant:
</p>
<pre>
class BuildConfig {
companion object {
val PRODUCT_FLAVOR : String = "pro"
val BUILD_TYPE : String = "debug"
}
}</pre>
<p>
You can add your own custom fields to this file by calling the <code>buildConfig</code> directive
inside your
flavor:
</p>
<pre>
productFlavor("free") {
buildConfig {
field("aStringField", "String", "\"The free field\"")
field("anIntField", "Int", "42")
}
}</pre>
<p>
The generated file will then contain:
</p>
<pre>
class BuildConfig {
companion object {
val PRODUCT_FLAVOR : String = "free"
val BUILD_TYPE : String = "debug"
val aStringField : String = "The free field"
val anIntField : Int = 42
}
}</pre>
<p>
Take a look at the <a href=https://github.com/cbeust/kobalt-examples/tree/master/variants>variants example
project</a> to see an actual example using variants and <code>BuildConfig</code>.
</p>
<h2 class="section" id="application">Application</h2>
<p>
The "application" plug-in lets you run your application directly from <code>kobaltw</code>. You configure
it as follows:
</p>
<pre>
application {
mainClass = "com.beust.kobalt.wrapper.Main"
jvmArgs("-Djava.library.path=libs", "-Ddebug=true")
}
</pre>
<p>
And you launch you app with "<code>run</code>":
</p>
<pre>
./kobaltw run
</pre>
<p>Here's the list of configuration parameters for the <code>application</code> directive:</p>
<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt>mainClass</dt>
<dd>The class in your code that contains the <code>main</code> function.</dd>
<dt>jvmArgs</dt>
<dd>Arguments to pass to the JVM.</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="section" id="apt">apt</h2>
<p>
The <code>apt</code> plug-in adds support for <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/apt/GettingStarted.html">annotation processing</a>. It's made of two parts.
</p>
<h3 class="section" id="apt-dependency" indent="1">The <code>apt</code> dependency directive</h3>
<pre>
dependencies {
apt("com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0.2")
}
</pre>
<p>
Instead of using <code>compile</code>, you use <code>apt</code> in your dependencies and you point to the jar file that contains the annotation processor. This will instruct any compiler involved in the build to run this annotation processor first.
</p>
<h3 class="section" id="apt-configuration" indent="1">The <code>apt</code> configuration directive</h3>
<pre>
apt {
outputDir = "generated/sources/apt"
}
</pre>
<p>This directive lets you configure the output directory and a few other settings that drive the annotation processor. This directive is optional.</p>
<p>For a full example defining and then using an annotation processor, see the <a href="http://github.com/cbeust/version-processor">version-processor project.</a></p>
<h2 class="section" id="packaging">Packaging</h2>
<p>
The Packaging plug-in lets you generate (directive <code>assemble</code>) and install (directive <code>install</code>) various archives for your project: jar, war and zip files.
</p>
<h3 class="section" id="assemble" indent="1">assemble</h3>
<p>
The <code>assemble</code> directive controls which artifacts get generated for your project.
</p>
<pre>
assemble {
jar {
}
}
</pre>
<p>
If you don't specify a <code>name</code> for your archive, a default one will be used that contains your project name, version and the corresponding suffix, e.g. <code>kobalt-1.1.jar</code> or <code>sec-0.2.war</code>.
</p>
<h3 class="section" id="zip" indent="2">zip</h3>
<p>
All these archives are zip files, so the <code>zip</code> archive is at the top of the hierarchy and <code>jar</code> and <code>war</code> inherit all its attributes, which include <code>name</code>, <code>include</code> and <code>exclude</code>.
</p>
<h3 class="section" id="include-and-exclude" indent="2">include and exclude</h3>
<p>
All archives let you include and exclude files.
</p>
<p>
<code>include</code> has two different forms:
</p>
<pre>
assemble {
zip {
include("kobaltw", "README")
include(from("doc/"),
to("html/"),
glob("**html"))
}
}
</pre>
<p>
The first form, with just one parameter, simply copies the file from your directory into the archive, preserving its path. The second form has three parameters which allow you to move the file to a different path into your archive. Note the use of the <code>from</code>, <code>to</code> and <code>glob</code> directives, which are necessary to disambiguate the call.
</p>
<h3 class="section" id="jar" indent="2">jar</h3>
<p>
A <code>jar</code> is like a <code>zip</code> with two additional available parameters:
</p>
<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt>fatJar</dt>
<dd>If true, all the dependencies and their dependencies will be included in the jar file</dd>
<dt>manifest</dt>
<dd>Specify attributes to add to the manifest</dd>
</dl>
<p>
Here is how you generate an executable jar file:
</p>
<pre>
assemble {
jar {
fatJar = true
manifest {
attributes("Main-Class", "com.beust.kobalt.KobaltPackage")
}
}
}
</pre>
<h3 class="section" id="war" indent="2">war</h3>
<p>
The <code>war</code> directive generates a war file suitable to be deployed into a servlet container.
</p>
<h3 class="section" id="mavenJars" indent="2">mavenJars</h3>
<p>
The <code>mavenJars</code> directive generates several jar files (binary, source, javadoc) which are required by Maven repositories. It's basically a shortcut that saves you the trouble from having to assemble these jar files manually in your build file. It allows you to specify Manifest attributes, just like the <code>jar</code> directive.
</p>
<h2 class="section" id="install" indent="1">install</h2>
<p>
The <code>install</code> section lets you specify how the artifacts get installed. If you don't specify any <code>install</code> directive, then the <code>install</code> task will do nothing on your project when invoked.
</p>
<pre>
install {
libDir = "libs"
}
</pre>
<h2 class="section" id="publishing">Publishing</h2>
<p>
The Publishing plug-in lets you upload files to JCenter. These files can be either generic ones (e.g. a zip file, a README, etc...) or a Maven-compatible form of your project.
</p>
<p>
Before you can upload, you need to create a file <code>local.properties</code> in the root directory of your project with the following keys:
</p>
<pre>
bintray.user=...
bintray.apikey=...
</pre>
<p>
The values for the <code>user</code> and <code>apikey</code> keys can be found in your bintray profile, as described <a href="https://bintray.com/docs/usermanual/interacting/interacting_editingyouruserprofile.html#anchorAPIKEY">here</a>. Add this file to your <code>.gitignore</code> file and make sure you never upload it to your source control.
</p>
<p>
Before you can upload, you also need to create the package in bintray, <a href="https://bintray.com/docs/usermanual/uploads/uploads_creatinganewpackage.html">as explained here</a>. Once this is done,
you are ready to do your first upload.
</p>
<p>
You define what to upload with the <code>jcenter</code> directive:
</p>
<pre>
jcenter {
publish = true
file("${kobalt.buildDirectory}/libs/${kobalt.name}-${kobalt.version}.zip",
"${kobalt.name}/${kobalt.version}/${kobalt.name}-${kobalt.version}.zip")
}
</pre>
<p>
The <code>jcenter</code> directive accepts the following parameters:
</p>
<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt>publish</dt>
<dd>If true, the uploaded file will be published in your personal space (e.g. <code>https://dl.bintray.com/cbeust/maven</code>). Once the file is uploaded there, it can be automatically synchronized to JCenter by linking your project to JCenter on the bintray web site. By default, files are <strong>not</strong> published.
</dd>
<dt>file</dt>
<dd>The first parameter is the file you want to upload and the second one is the path where it will be uploaded to.</dd>
</dl>
<pre>
$ ./kobaltw uploadJcenter
...
========== kobalt-line-count:uploadJcenter
kobalt-line-count: Found 2 artifacts to upload
All artifacts successfully uploaded
</pre>
<h2 class="section" id="dokka">Dokka</h2>
<p>
<a href="https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka">Dokka</a> is Kotlin's documentation tool. The Kobalt Dokka plug-in allows you to launch it and configure it as follows:
</p>
<pre>
import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.dokka.dokka
// ...
dokka {
outputFormat = "markdown"
sourceLinks {
dir = "src/main/kotlin"
url = "https://github.com/cy6erGn0m/vertx3-lang-kotlin/blob/master/src/main/kotlin"
urlSuffix = "#L"
}
}
</pre>
<p>
You can then generate your documentation by running the <code>dokka</code> task. Here is the full list of configuration parameters allowed:
</p>
<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt>samplesDir</dt>
<dd>The list of directories containing sample code (documentation for those directories is not generated but declarations from them can be referenced using the <code>@sample</code> tag).</dd>
<dt>includeDirs</dt>
<dd>The names of directories containing the documentation for the module and individual packages.</dd>
<dt>outputDir</dt>
<dd>The output directory where the documentation is generated.</dd>
<dt>outputFormat</dt>
<dd>The output format: <code>html</code>, <code>markdown</code>, <code>jekyll</code>,
or <code>javadoc</code>.</dd>
<dt>sourceLinks</dt>
<dd>The source link mappings.</dd>
<dt>moduleName</dt>
<dd>The name of the module being documented (used as the root directory of the generated documentation).</dd>
<dt>skip</dt>
<dd>If true, don't generate anything.</dd>
</dl>
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