Re: Re: modify idl files in offapi module and build

On 7/28/10 8:13 AM, Thomas Lange - Oracle wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>>>> I'm an engineer from Beijing RedFlag 2000. And I met the following
>>>> question:
>>>> Modify idl files in offapi module, must be complied the entire
>>>> OpenOffice.org from the beginning, and the program will be find,
>>>
>>>
>>> The best solution is always a clean build, from clean sources, but,
>>> to have such machine myself, I understand what you mean ;)
>>>
>>> So, I'd suggest to :
>>>
>>> 1) rebuild offuh + deliver it
>>>
>>> 2) rebuild the module concerned by the change  + deliver it
>>
>> that's the idea, but depending on which IDL file you change, it may be
>> difficult to determine what is affected.
>> some are only used in very few places, but others are used in so many
>> places that it's easier to just rebuild everything.
>> i guess the moral is not to change the frequently used ones  :)
>>
>>> Should work imho (and if I'm wrong, someone will correct me soon  ;-)
>>
>> another module to rebuild would be "unoil"; most of the regression tests
>> (unoapi tests and complex tests) depend on the java UNO API classes
>> generated in "unoil".
>
> AFAIR unoil is only required if you want to use the new API with Java,
> but in that case I think ridljar was also required to be compiled.

to make it clear

udkapi -> base UNO API for the URE
ridljar -> the related Java types for the types from udkapi

offapi -> office UNO API
unoil -> related Java types for the types from offapi

offuh -> generate all C++ header for all types from udkapi and offapi


Juergen