enable to run commands from a standalone java file #106
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Idea behind this PR is to enable to use crest in standalone files (for simple and quick automotion).
Content should be plain commands.
To avoid the issue to have to add crest to the classpath, we have the hack to support to drop some special comments from the source (
//--
is dropped, we should likely enhance it to support/*-- xxx --*/
to becomexxx
for options) which enables to code with a plain JDK.To run the source file directly we use the JDK and ToolProvider (to get javac).
Then last trick is to pass as first parameter to crest
--crest.source=/path/to/commands.java
and we are done.To ease this usage, a fatjar including tomitribe-util was done in tomitribe-crest.
Last change was to support not public commands (a detail but very nice in scripts).
The big benefit is to not require a project for all the small automotion we can write in our projects.
There are still some enhancements to this feature but I guess it is big enough for a first PR but here what can be the follow up:
Hope it makes sense.