
	global.xml

Alexandrias main configuration file is the global.xml file. This file contains details of all the repositories Alexandria will use. Each repository contains a list of modules which Alexandria will display.

Example global.xml file:


<cvs>

  <repository type="CVS" opensource="false">

    <name>Alexandria</name>
    <root>/projects/jakarta-ant</root>
    <home>http://localhost</home>
        
    <module>

      <name>Ant</name>
      <description>nothing</description>
      <home>http://localhost</home>
      <module>jakarta-ant</module>
      <javasrc>src/main</javasrc>
      <revision tag="HEAD" latest="true"/>

      <build buildfile="build.xml" target="build" classpath="lib/mylib.jar">
        <arg name="build.dir" value="./build">
      </build>

      <test testfile="test.xml" target="test" classpath="lib/mylib.jar">
        <arg name="test.dir" value="./test">
      </test>
    </module>
        
  </repository>    

</cvs>


<cvs>
	<repository>	The repository element represents a source code repository.
		type=	Type of repository, by default this is a remote repository to point Alexandria at a local file system set this attribute to LOCAL.
		opensource=	Alexandria should allow access to the source code true/false.
		<name>	Name for repository.
		<root>	CVSROOT for repository
		<home>	Home URL for the repository
		<module>	CVS module
			<name>	Name of the CVS module
			<description>	Discription for module
			<home>	Home URL for the module
			<module>	CVS module id
			<javasrc>	Root directory for java source code
			<revision>	CVS Revision tag
				tag=	CVS Revision tag
				latest=	Get latest version true/false
			<build>	Build tag
				buildfile=	Ant build file for building the modules
				target=	Project target to build module
				classpath=	Classpath used for building the module. Builds take place in a seperate JVM from Alexandria to avoid clashes with Alexandria's own system classes
				<arg>	Argument to be passed into Ant as property
					name=	Name of ant property
					value=	Value to be past to Ant
			<test>	Build tag
				buildfile=	Ant build file for testing the modules
				target=	Project target to test module
				classpath=	Classpath used for testing the module. Tests take place in a seperate JVM from Alexandria to avoid clashes with Alexandria's own system classes
				<arg>	Argument to be passed into Ant as property
					name=	Name of ant property
					value=	Value to be past to Ant


	AlexandriaResources.properties

Options which are not directly related to repositories are stored in the AlexandriaResources.properties file.

# Destination directory for JXR output
jxr.destination.directory=/var/www/html/content/html/jxr

# images for JXR.  These are actually copied over to the desired location so a
# file is required here.
jxr.image.file=content/html/file.gif
jxr.image.folder=content/html/folder.gif

# Directory where Alexandria does its CVS checkouts to.
cvs.checkout.directory=/var/www/html/content/cvs

# Size of blame history
blame.size=50