Templates
The Depot build system will assign a template file to a project as the primary definition of the build strategy. The default standard template includes a series of common targets covering initialization, preparation, build, packaging, testing and installation.
Template Selection
A project template is selected in accordance with the following rules.
- If a file named build.xml exists in the project base directory then that file will be used as the build template.
- Otherwise, if the property project.template is defined then use the uri declared under this property.
- Otherwise, if the property project.standard.template is defined then use the uri declared under this property.
- Otherwise, the default standard template is selected.
Standard Templates
| name | standard |
| url | local:template:dpml/tools/standard |
| desription | Defines a set of standard targets which are used primarily to fire build events which in turn are handled by project listeners. |
| Target | Depends | Description |
|---|---|---|
| init | Project initialization including the establishment of the project context. | |
| prepare | init | Copies the content of the ${basedir}/src directory to ${basedir}/target/build filtering content in the process. See prepare task for additional information. |
| build | prepare | Trigger the build phases event - typically triggering code compilation. |
| package | build | Trigger the packaging phases event. |
| test | package | Trigger the test phases event. |
| install | test | Validates that the build has produced the artifacts declared under the project defintion and copies these to the local cache. |
| clean | init | Deletes the ${basedir}/target directory. |
Technical Note
Currently the standard template includes a checkstyle tasks. This should be considered as temporary pending development of the builder configuration to support site wide common targets.