running eclipse with eclipse epsilon headless

[micfort]

Hi,

So I'm working with third party models, and these are written in a custom language.
For Eclipse it is possible to load these models as EMF models. I can also load them with Epsilon transformations, or with Apache ant if I run it within same JRE as the workspace.
Currently I only have the Eclipse plugin to load such models. I have requested an JAR files for opening such models with EMF, so I can setup that emf factory before opening the models during an Apache ANT build. This request is not yet met, but it would be an ideal solution.

In the meantime I'm also searching for other solutions.
One solution that I can think of is somehow running the Eclipse headless and within that run Apache ANT. Has anyone experience with this or has a solution for this?

With kind regards,

Michiel Fortuin

[kolovos]

Hi Michiel,

Running an ANT file in a headless Eclipse instance is certainly possible and we have a little repository under EpsilonLabs that demonstrates running an ANT-based EMF code generation workflow in this way. I suspect that you'll want to install Epsilon headlessly too in which case this article should help.

Thanks,
Dimitris

[micfort]

Thank you, that is exactly what I need. I will try it out next week.