jarlib-resolve Task

## jarlib-resolve

### Description

Try to locate a jar to satisfy an extension and place location of jar into property. The task allows you to add a number of resolvers that are capable of locating a library for a specifc extension. Each resolver will be attempted in specified order until library is found or no resolvers are left. If no resolvers are left and failOnError is true then a BuildException will be thrown.

Note that this task works with extensions as defined by the "Optional Package" specification. For more information about optional packages, see the document Optional Package Versioning in the documentation bundle for your Java2 Standard Edition package, in file `guide/extensions/versioning.html` or online at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/extensions/versioning.html.

See the Extension and ExtensionSet documentation for further details

### Parameters

Attribute | Description | Required
property | The name of property to set to library location. | Yes
failOnError | True if failure to locate library should result in build exception. | No, defaults to true.
checkExtension | True if librarys returned by nested resolvers should be checked to see if they supply extension. | No, defaults to true.

### Parameters specified as nested elements

#### extension

Extension the extension to resolve. Must be present

#### location

The location sub element allows you to look for a library in a location relative to project directory.

Attribute | Description | Required
location | The pathname of library. | Yes

#### url

The url resolver allows you to download a library from a URL to a local file.

Attribute | Description | Required
url | The URL to download. | Yes
destfile | The file to download URL into. | No, But one of destfile or destdir must be present
destdir | The directory in which to place downloaded file. | No, But one of destfile or destdir must be present

#### ant

The ant resolver allows you to run a ant build file to generate a library.

Attribute | Description | Required
antfile | The build file. | Yes
destfile | The file that the ant build creates. | Yes
target | The target to run in build file. | No

### Examples

Resolve Extension to file. If file does not exist or file does not implement extension then throw an exception.

      <extension id="dve.ext"
        extensionName="org.realityforge.dve"
        specificationVersion="1.2"
        specificationVendor="Peter Donald"/>

      <jarlib-resolve property="dve.library">
        <extension refid="dve.ext"/>
        <location location="/opt/jars/dve.jar"/>
      </jarlib-resolve>

Resolve Extension to url. If url does not exist or can not write to destfile or files does not implement extension then throw an exception.

      <extension id="dve.ext"
        extensionName="org.realityforge.dve"
        specificationVersion="1.2"
        specificationVendor="Peter Donald"/>

      <jarlib-resolve property="dve.library">
        <extension refid="dve.ext"/>
        <url url="http://www.realityforge.net/jars/dve.jar" destfile="lib/dve.jar"/>
      </jarlib-resolve>

Resolve Extension to file produce by ant build. If file does not get produced or ant file is missing or build fails then throw an exception (Note does not check that library implements extension).

      <extension id="dve.ext"
        extensionName="org.realityforge.dve"
        specificationVersion="1.2"
        specificationVendor="Peter Donald"/>

      <jarlib-resolve property="dve.library" checkExtension="false">
        <extension refid="dve.ext"/>
        <ant antfile="../dve/build.xml" target="main" destfile="lib/dve.jar"/>
      </jarlib-resolve>

Resolve Extension via multiple methods. First check local file to see if it implements extension. If it does not then try to build it from source in parralel directory. If that fails then finally try to download it from a website. If all steps fail then throw a build exception.

      <extension id="dve.ext"
        extensionName="org.realityforge.dve"
        specificationVersion="1.2"
        specificationVendor="Peter Donald"/>

      <jarlib-resolve property="dve.library">
        <extension refid="dve.ext"/>
        <location location="/opt/jars/dve.jar"/>
        <ant antfile="../dve/build.xml" target="main" destfile="lib/dve.jar"/>
        <url url="http://www.realityforge.net/jars/dve.jar" destfile="lib/dve.jar"/>
      </jarlib-resolve>

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