Tigerstripe Buckminster Actions

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Prerequisites

• Working knowledge and installation of the Tigerstripe Workbench [1]
• Working knowlege and installation of the Buckminster [2] Eclipse plug-ins.
• Working knowlege of Buckminster Actions (See Component Specifications).
• Completion of the Tigerstripe Buckminster Integration Tutorial

Overview

Buckminster Actions may be used to add functionality to the Buckminster materialization process. In Tigerstripe's case, one example is the automated installation of materialized Tigerstripe Generators. It is possible that more Actions will be supplied by the Tigerstripe team as the product evolves. For more information on Buckminster Actions please see the Component Specifications section of the Buckminster Introduction.

Action Definitions

tigerstripe.installGenerator

This action will trigger the automated installation of a Tigerstripe Generator.

Parameters

• projectname - The project name of the Tigerstripe Generator to be installed.

Example

This section will show you how you to trigger a Generator installation using the tigerstripe.installGenerator Buckminster Action.

CSPEC Definition

1. Open Eclipse to the workspace that was materialized in the Tigerstripe Buckminster Integration Tutorial tutorial.
2. Open the Equipment-model project and look over the included buckminster.cspec file.

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

   <cs:cspec xmlns:cs="http://www.eclipse.org/buckminster/CSpec-1.0" name="Equipment-model" componentType="tigerstripe">

   <cs:artifacts>

   <cs:private name="classlevel-generator" path="ClassLevel-Generator/" type="tigerstripe.generator"/>

   </cs:artifacts>

   <cs:actions>

   <cs:public name="tigerstripe.installGenerator" actor="tigerstripe.installGenerator">

   <cs:actorProperties>

   <cs:property key="projectname" value="ClassLevel-Generator"/>

   </cs:actorProperties>

   <cs:prerequisites>

   <cs:attribute name="classlevel-generator"/>

   </cs:prerequisites>

   </cs:public>

   </cs:actions>

   </cs:cspec>