IPOJO Ant Task allows automating the iPOJO manipulation process. This page explains how to use the iPOJO Ant Task and how to combine them with the BND Tasks.

Downloading the iPOJO Ant Task

The iPOJO Ant Task is available here. Sources are available on the Felix trunk (instructions to downlad and build).

How to use the Ant Task

The iPOJO Ant task take an input bundle and a metadata file and create the final (i.e. manipulated) bundle.
To use the task declare a target in your build.xml as:

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First, define the new task. Then simply use it. The input argument describe the input bundle (must exists) and the metadata argument describes the metadata file (must exist too). The input bundle must be a well-formed bundle.

Ant Task Arguments

The iPOJO Ant Task as three different arguments:

• Input: describes the input bundle. This argument is mandatory.
• Output: describes the output bundle. This argument is optional. If not present, the output file will be input file.
• Metadata: describes the metadata file. This argument is optional. By default, it tries with a metadata.xml file (in the same directory as the build.xml file). If the default file is not present, it tries to use only iPOJO annotations.

Combining the iPOJO Ant Task and BND

The iPOJO Ant Task requires an input bundle. BND is a tools simplifying bundle creation. So, it is possible to combine the two tools to create your bundle automatically. The following build.xml shows you an example of combination.

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