Equinox/p2/Ant Tasks

General Format

Repositories

The input format used by repositories in p2 Ant tasks:

<XXXXX location="file:///Users/Pascal/Downloads/builds/transfer/files/updates/3.5-I-builds/I20090203-1200" append="true" compressed="true" 
	format="file:///Users/Pascal/Downloads/builds/transfer/files/updates/3.5-I-builds/I20090203-1200" kind="metadata" name="" remove="false" />

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
location	URI	null	The location of the repository
append	boolean	true	Determines if the task should append to an existing repository or empty it first
compressed	boolean	true	Determines if the repository should be compressed
format	URI	null	Location of a repository to copy format from
kind	"metadata" or "artifact"	Undefined	Specifies the type of the repository
name	String	null	The name of the repository
remove	boolean	false	Defines if the repository be removed

In general the location is always required, other attributes may be considered optional by individual tasks.

Mirror Task

<p2.mirror source="file:///Users/Pascal/Downloads/builds/transfer/files/updates/3.5-I-builds/I20090203-1200">
	<destination kind="metadata" location="file:///Users/Pascal/tmp/mirrorTest9" name="RCP Repo" 
		format="file:///Users/Pascal/Downloads/builds/transfer/files/updates/3.5-I-builds/I20090211-0900"/>
	<destination kind="artifact" location="file:///Users/Pascal/tmp/mirrorTest9" name="RCP Repo" 
		format="file:///Users/Pascal/Downloads/builds/transfer/files/updates/3.5-I-builds/I20090211-0900"/>
	<iu id="org.eclipse.rcp.feature.group" version="3.5.0.v20090202-9RA1FwwFr-TNqU7GSg_iVTQ"/>
</p2.mirror>

Validate Task

This task is used to validate an artifact repository using a comparator (the examples are using an md5 comparator.) A single use example:

<p2.composite.artifact.repository.validate comparatorID="org.eclipse.equinox.artifact.md5.comparator" location="file:///myfile"/>

An example task to validate multiple repositories using the same comparator:

<p2.composite.artifact.repository.validate comparatorID="org.eclipse.equinox.artifact.md5.comparator">
	<repository location="file:///myRepo"/>
	<repository location="file:///myRepo"/>
</p2.composite.artifact.repository.validate>

Creating a Composite Repository

The create composite repository tasks can be used to create an artifact or a metadata composite repository. The composite repository can use an existing repository as an example and match its properties using the format attribute.

<p2.composite.artifact.repository.create compressed="true" name="My new Repo" location="file:///myNewRepo"  />
<p2.composite.metadata.repository.create compressed="false" name="My new Repo" location="file:///myNewRepo" />

Or alternatively multiple repositories can be created at once.

<p2.composite.artifact.repository.create>
	<repository compressed="true" location="file:///myNewRepo" format="file:///anExamplerepo" name="My New Repo" />
</p2.composite.artifact.repository.create>
<p2.composite.metadata.repository.create>
	<repository compressed="true" location="file:///myNewRepo" format="file:///anExamplerepo" name="My New Repo" />
</p2.composite.metadata.repository.create>

Modifying the Children of a Composite Repository

It's also possible to add, or to remove children from a repository with an ant task.

To add a single child to a composite repository:

<p2.composite.artifact.repository.add location="file:///myRepo" child="file:///myChildRepo" />
<p2.composite.metadata.repository.add location="file:///myRepo" child="file:///myChildRepo" />

To remove a single child from a composite repository:

<p2.composite.artifact.repository.remove location="file:///myRepo" child="file:///myChildRepo" />
<p2.composite.metadata.repository.remove location="file:///myRepo" child="file:///myChildRepo" />

Or all children could be removed from a repository:

<p2.composite.artifact.repository.remove location="file:///myRepo" allChildren="True"/>
<p2.composite.metadata.repository.remove location="file:///myRepo" allChildren="True"/>

It's also possible add and remove children at the same time:

<p2.composite.repository.children>
	<destination kind="metadata" location="file:///Users/Pascal/tmp/mirrorTest9"/>
	<destination kind="artifact" location="file:///Users/Pascal/tmp/mirrorTest9"/>
	<addChild kind="metadata" location="file:///childRepo"/>
	<removeChild kind="artifact" location="file:///childRepo"/>
</p2.composite.repository.children>

If the append attribute of the destination is set to false then existing children are removed before other operations are performed:

<p2.composite.repository.children>
	<destination kind="metadata" location="file:///Users/Pascal/tmp/mirrorTest9" append="False"/>
	<addChild kind="metadata" location="file:///childRepo"/>
</p2.composite.repository.children>