xtext-reference-projects

A collection of xtext sample projects for build integration tests

Setting up a new project

• create the project
  • create a new project via the wizard and commit the generated files
  • the generated project should be located under [projectName]-[buildSystem]/[xtextVersion]/
  • generate the language and commit the generated source files
• add the project to the travis build
  • create a shell script in the scripts folder
  • in the .travis.yml file, edit matrix and add a BUILDCMD entry for the shell script
• add the wizard configuration used to generate the project to this README file

Wizard configuration

	greetings-gradle	greetings-maven	greetings-tycho
Eclipse plug-in	NO	NO	YES
Create Feature	NO	NO	YES
Create Update Site	NO	NO	YES
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in	NO	NO	NO
Web Integration	NO	NO	NO
Generic IDE Support	YES	YES	YES
Testing Support	YES	YES	YES
Preferred Build System	Gradle	Maven	Maven
Build Language Server (Xtext >= 2.13)	Fat Jar	Regular	Fat Jar
Source Layout	Maven/Gradle	Maven/Gradle	Plain

Projects might be configured for Java 8 or Java 9. Projects that target for Java 9 get a suffix '-J9'.

Troubleshooting

If the build of a gradle project fails with the output "./gradlew: Permission denied", it is possible that the execution rights for "gradlew" are not set correctly. To fix this, run "git update-index --chmod=+x gradlew" in the root folder of the project.