Automating Build in Eclipse

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BuildDeploy.bat

 cscript /nologo c:\Utils\stopjboss.vbs

 set JBOSS_DEPLOYMENT=c:\jboss\standalone\deployments
 set DEVELOPMENT_HOME=c:\projectName
 set BRANCH=BranchName\ReleaseNo
 
 del /q %JBOSS_DEPLOYMENT%\*.*
 cd %DEVELOPMENT_HOME%\%BRANCH%
 
 call mvn clean
 call mvn install -o
 
 IF EXISTS  %DEVELOPMENT_HOME%\%BRANCH%\SpringMVC.war (
  goto :startServer
 ) else (
  echo Build Failed
 )

 exit /b

:startServer
 copy %DEVELOPMENT_HOME%\%BRANCH%\SpringMVC.war %JBOSS_DEPLOYMENT%
 cscript /nologo c:\Utils\startjboss.vbs
goto :eof

startjboss.vbs

 Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
 activateServer("Server")
 WshShell.SendKeys "%{d}"

 Function activateServer(windowName)
   WshShell.SendKeys "^{3}"
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys windowName
   WScript.Sleep 500
   WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
 End Function

stopjboss.vbs

 Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
 activateServer("Server")
 WshShell.SendKeys "%{s}"
 WScript.Sleep 5000

How it Works

  • We are using a VBScript to Start and Stop server by Sending Key Strokes to Eclipse(Shortcut Keys)
  • The mvn clean and mvn install is done in 2 different steps to make sure that clean of the war files happen before the new file is created since executing clean and install in single shot happened to give inconsistent results
  • Once the build is done we are checking whether the war file is created or we are assuming the build failed and we are not starting the server
  • The builddeploy.bat should be configured in External Tools Configuration
  • Workdirectory is the one which has pom.xml of the project
  • Assign a shortcut key to Run Last Run Build Configuration

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