Choosing options for Java generation

Build descriptor options are set in build descriptor parts. To choose build descriptor options , start the EGL editor and edit the build descriptor part.

When you begin editing a build descriptor part from the GUI, the EGL editor contains a pane listing all EGL build descriptor options. To limit the display to options that are applicable to a program , select a category from the Build option filter drop-down menu.

Select each option you want, and set its value. The value can be literal, symbolic, or a combination of literal and symbolic You can define symbolic parameters in the EGL part editor; for details, see Editing general build descriptor options.

Two build descriptor options—genDirectory and destDirectory—let you use a symbolic parameter for the value or a portion of the value. For example, for the value of genDirectory you can specify C:\genout\%EZEENV%. Then if you generate for a Windows environment, the actual generation directory is C:\genout\WIN.

You do not need to specify all the options listed. If you do not specify a value for a build descriptor option, the default for the option is used when the option is applicable in the generation context.

If you have specified a master build descriptor, the option values in that build descriptor override the values in all other build descriptors. When you generate, the master and generation build descriptors can chain to other build descriptors as described in Build descriptor part.

Related concepts
Build descriptor part

Related tasks
Editing general options in a build descriptor
Generating Java wrappers

Related reference
Build descriptor options