Add a task to build the Umple Eclipse Plugin via Gradle

[AdamBJ]

Currently @vahdat-ab is manually building the Umple Eclipse plugin. We should automate this process via a Gradle task.

[AdamBJ]

Vahdat, can you provide a description of the basic steps that should be followed to build org.cruise.umple.eclipse.plugin?

[AdamBJ]

@vahdat-ab I'm not sure if I'm going to have time to get to this task before the semester is finished, but I'm going to try. Can you tell me:

a) are there .ump files that need to be compiled as part of the build? If so, where can I find them? b) which Java files need to be included in the build? c) Is the goal to output a single jar? What are the dependencies?

[vahdat-ab]

This is not a hight priority task. I think it is better to focus on other parts of the project currently. Just for info:

• There is no Umple file involved in the plugin.
• These are project folders org.cruise.umple.eclipse.plugin the main plugin which has a copy of umple.jar in. We don't need to have it because in the build process we can easily copy and then remove it. org.cruise.umple.eclipse.plugin.feature a feature project required to build the plugin. org.cruise.umple.eclipse.plugin.update.site a folder which is generated automatically in the build process and used to install plugin online.

As I know, for the building process a copy of Eclipse is required to be accessible or at least the required packages must be accessible. However, this needs to be explored.