[MECLIPSE-743] Add support for generation of <classpathContainer> attributes

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.9
• Component/s: Core : Dependencies resolution and build path (.classpath)
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Mit Ko
• Created: 19/Jul/13 17:58
• Updated: 25/Dec/15 11:49
• Resolved: 25/Dec/15 11:49

Description

Currently it is not possible to configure attributes for the <classpathentry> element, in particular for the generated <classpathContainer> elements. The purpose of this patch is to enable the customization of attributes in the <classpathentry> elements in the generated .classpath file (add additional attributes to <classpathentry> elements). The following example configuration:

<classpathEntryCustomizations>
  <classpathEntryCustomization>
    <whenPathContains>org.some.ClasspathContainer</whenPathContains>
    <additionalAttributes>
       <property>
          <name>customAttribute</name>
          <value>true</value>
       </property>
    </additionalAttributes>
  </classpathEntryCustomization>
</classpathEntryCustomizations>

will generate <attribute name="customAttribute" value="true"/> for the org.some.ClasspathContainer <classpathContainer> element. In other words, the generated .classpath file will contain:

<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.some.ClasspathContainer">
    <attributes>
       <attribute name="customAttribute" value="true"/>
    </attributes>
</classpathentry>