KBeans

KBeans¶

KBean is the central concept of execution engine. KBeans are classes where are declared executable methods. There is only one KBean instance by KBean class in a given Jeka project.

KBean classes share the following characteristics :

Extend JkBean
May declare public void methods taking no arguments. All these methods are invokable from command line.
May declare public fields (aka KBean properties). These field values can be injected from command line.
They are supposed to be instantiated by the execution engine and not from user code.

Simple Example¶

The follwing KBeans exposes cleanPublish method which delegate the creation of jar files to the 'project' KBean. ProjectJkBean is available on Jeka classpath as it is part of the standard KBeans bundled in Jeka distribution.

The configure method will be actually invoked at the first ProjectJkBean#getProject() call.

import dev.jeka.core.api.project.JkProject;

@JkDoc("A simple example to illustrate KBean concept.")
public class SimpleJkBean extends JkBean {

    ProjectJkBean projectBean = getBean(ProjectJkBean.class).configure(this::configure);

    @JkDoc("Version of junit-jupiter to use for compiling and running tests")
    public String junitVersion = "5.8.1";

    private void configure(JkProject project) {
        project.simpleFacade()
                .configureCompileDeps(deps -> deps
                        .and("com.google.guava:guava:30.0-jre")
                        .and("com.sun.jersey:jersey-server:1.19.4")
                )
                .configureTestDeps(deps -> deps
                        .and("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:" + junitVersion)
                );
    }

    @JkDoc("Clean, compile, test and create jar files.")
    public void cleanPack() {
        clean();
        projectBean.pack();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JkInit.instanceOf(SimpleProjectJkBean.class, args).cleanPublish();
    }


}

KBean Commands¶

A KBean command is an instance method of a KBean class that can be invoked from command line. In order to be considered as a command, a method must :

be public
be an instance method
take no argument
return void

KBean Properties¶

A KBean property is a public instance field of a KBean class. Its value can be injected from command line.

Fields can be annotated with @JkInjectProperty("my.prop.name") to inject the value of a property in.

For more details about field accepted types, see dev.jeka.core.tool.FieldInjector#parse method.

KBean properties can also been nested composite objects, see example in ProjectJkBean#pack field.

Naming KBeans¶

In order to be referenced conveniently, KBeans accept to be called by a name. For a given JkBean class, ccepted names are :

Full qualified class name
Uncapitalized simple class name (e.g. 'myBuild' matches 'org.example.MyBuild')
Uncapitalizes simple class Name without 'JkBean' suffix (.g. 'project' matches 'dev.jeka.core.tool.builtin.project.ProjectJkBean')

Tip

Execute jeka, at the root of a project to display KBeans present in Jeka classpath.

Document KBeans¶

KBean classes, methods and properties can be annotated with @JkDoc annotation in orderder to provide self documentation.

Text within these annotations is displayed when invoking help method on console.

Invoke KBeans¶

From Command Line¶

KBean methods can be invoked from command line using

jeka [kbeanName]#methoName [kbeanName]#[propertyName]=xxx

Many methods/properties can be invoked in a single command line.

Info

[kbeanName]# prefix can be omitted. By default, it will be resolved on the first KBean found in def dir. Search is made by fully qualified class name alphabetical order.

From KBean main method¶

KBean methods can also be launched/debugged from IDE.

In KBean class, declare one or many main methods as :

 public static void main(String[] args) {
        JkInit.instanceOf(MyBuild.class, args).cleanPack();
    }

  public static class Release {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          JkInit.instanceOf(MyBuild.class, args, "-runIT").release();
      }
  }

KBean must be instantiated using JkInit#instanceOf in order it be setup in proper state.

The arguments passed in main method are interpreted as command line arguments.

Launching or debugging this way is performant as all build classes and their dependencies are already on classpath. Therefore, no compilation or dependency resolution is needed.

Warning

Be careful to launch the main method using module dir as working dir. On IntelliJ, this is not the default (it uses project dir).

To change intelliJ defaults, follow : Edit Configurations | Edit configuration templates... | Application | Working Directory : $MODULE_DIR$.

From dev.jeka.core.tool.Main¶

Sometimes, you may need to mimic closer the command line behavior, for debugging purpose or to pass '@' arguments.

Create an IDE launcher for a Java Application
Set dev.jeka.tool.Main as Java main class.
Set the same command line arguments as you would do for invoking from command line (Do not include jeka command).

Let KBeans cooperate¶

Generally KBeans interact with each other inside their init method. They access each other using getRuntime().getBean(MyBean.class) as shown in this example.

When a KBean depends on another one, it's good to declare it as an instance property of the first bean as this dependency will be mentioned in the auto-generated documentation.

KBeans in Multi-Projects¶

In multi-project build, it's quite common that a KBean accesses to a KBean instance coming from another project. You can achieve it in a statically typed way.

In master KBean, declare a field of type JkBean (e.g. ´JkBean importedBuild;`). It doesn't have to be public.
Annotate it with @JkInjectProject mentioning the relative path of the imported project (e.g. `@JkInjectProject("../anotherModule")).
Execute jeka intellij#iml or jeka eclipse#files.
Redefine the declared type from JkBean to the concrete type of imported KBean
Now, master KBean can access the imported KBean in a static typed way.
See example here.
Be careful that the imported KBean deals with file paths using JkBean#getBaseDir in order it can be safely executed from any working directory.

Standard KBeans¶

There is a bunch of KBeans bundle within Jeka. Those KBeans are always present.

project¶

ProjectJkBean provides a wrapper around of a JkProject for building JVM-based projects. This KBean initialise a default sensitive project object and provides classic method for building project (compile, package in jar, publish ...)

This KBean proposes extension point through its configure(JkProject) method. This way, other KBeans can modify the properties of the project to build.

intellij¶

IntellijJkBean provides methods for generating metadata files for IntelliJ IDE. Content of iml file is computed according the JkProject object found in project KBean.

This KBean proposes extension point through its configure methods in order to modify the resulting iml (e.g. use a module dependency instead of a library dependency).

scaffold¶

ScaffoldjJkBean provides methods for project directories and files to create a new Jeka project. Basically, it creates a project ready to create vanilla automation tasks.

This KBean offers extension point in order other KBean can augment the scaffolded structure. For example, executing jeka scaffold#run will create a basic Jeka project while jeka scaffold#run project# will create a project ready to build a JVM-based project.

git¶

GitJkBean exposes some common git command combos.