[brailleblaster] Re: Putative Java tree for BrailleBlaster
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:31:16 -0600
Thanks. This should be helpful to a lot of us.
John
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 02:54:24PM -0800, Chris von See wrote:
> Maven itself conforms to Maven :) You can download the most recent
> sources here:
>
> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/source/apache-maven-3.0-src.zip
>
> Keep in mind that Maven (like many other Maven-based projects) is made
> up of many subprojects, each of which has a Maven-conformant directory
> tree.
>
> The directory structure is somewhat flexible, but there are some parts
> (such as the ones I mentioned earlier) that are better left as Maven
> expects them... otherwise Maven gets quite confused and you end up
> chasing your tail trying to figure out what's wrong.
>
> The "site" is simply the documentation web site that can be generated
> by Maven. You may find these links helpful in explaining things such
> as the Maven "site":
>
> http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.html
> http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html
>
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
>
> On Nov 22, 2010, at 2:40 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
> >Chris,
> >
> >I downloaded tika some time ago and built it with Maven. However, its
> >directory tree doesn't lok much like the recommended Maven one. Could
> >you point me to a project that conforms to Maven? The directory layout
> >given in the linked page is rather brief. What are assembly
> >descriptors
> >and filter files? What is the Site?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >John
> >
> >On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:10:39PM -0800, Chris von See wrote:
> >>If you're still thinking that you'll use Maven for build and
> >>dependency management, you'll want to make your directory tree
> >>conform
> >>to Maven rules. For example, the Java source is stored in a "src/
> >>main/
> >>java" directory and test cases are stored in a "src/test/java"
> >>directory. The results of the build process are typically stored
> >>in a
> >>"target" directory which is at the same level in the tree as the
> >>"src"
> >>directory, and libraries go into "src/main/resources".
> >>
> >>Here's a link to a description of Maven's standard directory layout:
> >>http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>On Nov 22, 2010, at 11:26 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>
> >>>I've started to build a putative Java tree for BrailleBlaster,
> >>>partly
> >>>because I feel that we are ready for such an attempt and partly to
> >>>learn
> >>>by doing. So far I have a bin subdirectory for compiled classes, a
> >>>lib
> >>>subdirectory for jar files and a few classes from elsewhere, and a
> >>>src
> >>>subdirectory. Both the bin and src subdirectories are proper Java
> >>>hierarchies.
> >>>
> >>>Under src/org/brailleblaster I have the following packages: startbb
> >>>liblouisutdml and editor The first contains the StartBB class, which
> >>>contains the main method and gets everything ready to run. It may
> >>>have
> >>>other classes as time goes on. The liblouisutdml package contains
> >>>classes for dealing with the liblouisutdml library, such as
> >>>converting
> >>>its input and output from and to JDOM documents and handling errors
> >>>reported in the log file.
> >>>
> >>>The editor package contains the classes Editor, DaisyWindow and
> >>>BrailleWindow. Other classes will be added, such as Commons to
> >>>handle
> >>>operations common to the two windows. A method in the Editor class
> >>>is
> >>>called from the StartBB class to start the editor. This Editor class
> >>>is
> >>>the Control in MVC. The two window classes are the view. The Commons
> >>>class is the model.
> >>>
> >>>The editor's basic function is to display JDOM documents and trees
> >>>and
> >>>to modify them according to user input. Producing them and
> >>>generating
> >>>various types of output from them is the job of other packages.
> >>>Besides
> >>>this basic function, the edotor also acts as the general user
> >>>interface. It therefore displays dialogue boxes and menus that are
> >>>actually produced by other packages, such as the help package, which
> >>>has
> >>>yet to be added.
> >>>
> >>>At some time I may want to push this tree to the project repository,
> >>>but
> >>>I don't seem to have a password.
> >>>
> >>>At present the lib subdirectory contains jdom.jar swt.jar and
> >>>Jliblouisutdml.class Jeuclid.jar will be added later, as will jar
> >>>files
> >>>containing classes to deal with other C libraries, such as
> >>>itex2mml.jar
> >>>and hunspell.jar
> >>>
> >>>All right, maybe I'm making a fool of myself again, but this is a
> >>>start.
> >>>
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >>>Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >>>http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>>Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >>>Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >--
> >John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> >
>
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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