[IVYDE-326] Support for variables in the retrieve pattern

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0.beta1
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0.final
• Component/s: classpath container
• Labels: patch
• Assignee: Nicolas Lalevée
• Reporter: Carsten Pfeiffer
• Created: 01/Nov/12 14:25
• Updated: 31/Mar/13 14:53
• Resolved: 31/Mar/13 14:53

Description

The retrieve pattern for the classpath container appears to be strictly relative to the project.

In Ivy/ant, it is possible to specify something like

${some.dir}/lib/[organisation]/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]

We would like to use the same in IvyDE, e.g. utilizing Eclipse variable substitution mechanism so that you could use

${env_var:SOME_HOME}/lib/[organisation]/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]

Doing this relative to the project e.g. with

../../../lib/[organisation]/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]

would be too fragile as it would break as soon as a project is moved in the directory hierarchy.