Problem cycles dependency plug-in - Eclipse OSGI

[Andrea Checchia]

Good morning everyone.

I have created in Eclipse a plug-in Fragment-Project, called Project B.
Project B depends on a Required Plug-ins that will call Project A, it is normal plug-in project, which in turn depends on other plug-in, for example "org.adempiere.base" - "org.adempiere.ui" - "org.adempiere.ui.zk" ......

When I compile my Project B, there is a situation of loop cycles stops me compile the project.
How can I fix this problem, please?


Andrew

 

[Jeff Higgins]

Good morning everyone.

I have created in Eclipse a plug-in Fragment-Project, called Project B.
Project B depends on a Required Plug-ins that will call Project A, it is normal plug-in project, which in turn depends on other plug-in, for example "org.adempiere.base" - "org.adempiere.ui" - "org.adempiere.ui.zk" ......

When I compile my Project B, there is a situation of loop cycles stops me compile the project.
How can I fix this problem, please?


Andrew

Wow. org.adempiere.* looks like a big complex project.
Probably best to ask at that community how to sort build process.
There's a link from their Wiki Main page:
<http://wiki.idempiere.org/en/Main_Page>
"If no one is answering you maybe you need to know How To Ask Questions
The Smart Way"
<http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>

 

[Marcel Müller]

Good morning everyone.

I have created in Eclipse a plug-in Fragment-Project, called Project B.
Project B depends on a Required Plug-ins that will call Project A, it is normal plug-in project, which in turn depends on other plug-in, for example "org.adempiere.base" - "org.adempiere.ui" - "org.adempiere.ui.zk" ......

When I compile my Project B, there is a situation of loop cycles stops me compile the project.
How can I fix this problem, please?

AFAIK Java/Eclipse can't handle cyclic dependencies. It might work if
the dependencies are build step by step but a clean build will not run.

In such situations I always split the projects in a way that the
dependencies build a directed graph. I.e. extract the part of A where B
depends on into a separate jar file and the part of B where A depends on
also. In some cases a fifth project may be needed where both extracted
projects depend on. It might also be required to apply PIMPL to remove
dependencies.

If nothing helps you might create a mock project with the public API but
without any content and, of course, no dependencies. This project is
only used to compile the dependent project. It is never used at run
time. I have seen something like that at SAP PI.

hth

Marcel