[IVY-1235] Generate classpath from retrieve results, allow cachepath to take a repo path/pattern

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0-RC1
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0-RC1
• Component/s: Ant
• Assignee: Maarten Coene
• Reporter: Dobes Vandermeer
• Created: 28/Sep/10 22:09
• Updated: 16/Mar/11 08:38
• Resolved: 08/Feb/11 21:39

Description

Currently you can use the cachepath directive to generate a classpath that refers to the ivy cache.

However, if you are generating a jar file manifest, this is not very useful.

Instead, you want to generate a classpath for a bunch of jars relative to the jar you are creating.

One way to make this easy would be to have ivy:retrieve have an option that causes it to also export a path similar to the way cachepath does. This path could then be used in the <jar> command to set the classpath on the jar file.

Alternatively, cachepath could be changed so that it accepts a retrieve pattern and it applies that pattern to the resolved dependencies instead of using the ivy cache paths.

Issue Links

• is related to: IVY-944 Classpath creation for local lib directory