JSweet maven plugin

Unleash the power of JSweet into your maven project

Table of Contents

1. Basic Configuration
2. Run JSweet
3. Hot transpilation
4. Advanced configuration

Basic Configuration

Add the JSweet's plugin repositories to your project's pom.xml:

<pluginRepositories>
	<pluginRepository>
		<id>jsweet-plugins-release</id>
		<name>plugins-release</name>
		<url>http://repository.jsweet.org/artifactory/plugins-release-local</url>
	</pluginRepository>
	<pluginRepository>
		<snapshots />
		<id>jsweet-plugins-snapshots</id>
		<name>plugins-snapshot</name>
		<url>http://repository.jsweet.org/artifactory/plugins-snapshot-local</url>
	</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>

Configure your pom's sourceDirectory, as usual:

<build>
	<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>

Add your JSweet dependencies (candies):

<dependencies>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.jsweet.candies</groupId>
		<artifactId>angular</artifactId>
		<version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	</dependency>

Enable the JSweet transpiler plugin for the preferred phase (here, generate-sources):

<plugin>
	<groupId>org.jsweet</groupId>
	<artifactId>jsweet-maven-plugin</artifactId>
	<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<configuration>
		<outDir>javascript</outDir>
		<targetVersion>ES3</targetVersion>
	</configuration>
	<executions>
		<execution>
			<id>generate-js</id>
			<phase>generate-sources</phase>
			<goals>
				<goal>jsweet</goal>
			</goals>
		</execution>
	</executions>
</plugin>

The configuration options of the plugin:

Name	Type	Values	Default
targetVersion	enum	ES3, ES5, ES6	ES3
module	enum	The module kind (none, commonjs, amd, system or umd).	none
outDir	string	JS files output directory	target/js
tsOut	string	Specify where to place generated TypeScript files.	target/ts
tsOnly	boolean	Do not compile the TypeScript output (let an external TypeScript compiler do so).	false
includes	string[]	Java source files to be included	-
excludes	string[]	Source files to be excluded	-
bundle	boolean	Bundle up all the generated code in a single file, which can be used in the browser. The bundle files are called 'bundle.ts', 'bundle.d.ts', or 'bundle.js' depending on the kind of generated code. NOTE: bundles are not compatible with any module kind other than 'none'.	false
sourceMap	boolean	Generate source map files for the Java files, so that it is possible to debug Java files directly with a debugger that supports source maps (most JavaScript debuggers).	true
sourceRoot	string	Specify the location where debugger should locate Java files instead of source locations. Use this flag if the sources will be located at run-time in a different location than that at design-time. The location specified will be embedded in the sourceMap to direct the debugger where the source files will be located.	-
encoding	string	Force the Java compiler to use a specific encoding (UTF-8, UTF-16, ...).	UTF-8
noRootDirectories	boolean	Skip the root directories (i.e. packages annotated with @jsweet.lang.Root) so that the generated file hierarchy starts at the root directories rather than including the entire directory structure.	false
enableAssertions	boolean	Java 'assert' statements are transpiled as runtime JavaScript checks.	false
verbose	boolean	Turn on all levels of logging.	false
jdkHome	string	Set the JDK home directory to be used to find the Java compiler. If not set, the transpiler will try to use the JAVA_HOME environment variable. Note that the expected JDK version is greater or equals to version 8.	${java.home}
declaration	boolean	Generate the d.ts files along with the js files, so that other programs can use them to compile.	false
dtsOut	string	Specify where to place generated d.ts files when the declaration option is set (by default, d.ts files are generated in the JavaScript output directory - next to the corresponding js files).	outDir
candiesJsOut	string	Specify where to place extracted JavaScript files from candies.	-
ingoreDefinitions	boolean	Ignore definitions from def.* packages, so that they are not generated in d.ts definition files. If this option is not set, the transpiler generates d.ts definition files in the directory given by the tsout option.	false
factoryClassName	string	Use the given factory to tune the default transpiler behavior.	-
header	file	A file that contains a header to be written at the beginning of each generated file. If left unspecified, JSweet will generate a default header.	-
workingDir	directory	The directory JSweet uses to store temporary files such as extracted candies. JSweet uses '.jsweet' if left unspecified.	-
disableSinglePrecisionFloats	boolean	By default, for a target version >=ES5, JSweet will force Java floats to be mapped to JavaScript numbers that will be constrained with ES5 Math.fround function. If this option is true, then the calls to Math.fround are erased and the generated program will use the JavaScript default precision (double precision).	false

Run JSweet

Then, just run the maven command line as usual:

$ mvn generate-sources -P client

Hot transpilation

JSweet maven plugin is now able to watch changes in your JSweet files and transpile them on the fly. Try it with

mvn jsweet:watch

Advanced configuration

You can use the plugin with profiles in order to transpile differently several parts of your application. For instance, a node server and a HTML5 client app:

<profiles>
		<profile>
			<id>client</id>
			<build>
				<plugins>
					<plugin>
						<groupId>org.jsweet</groupId>
						<artifactId>jsweet-maven-plugin</artifactId>
						<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
						<configuration>
							<outFile>client/out.js</outFile>
							<targetVersion>ES6</targetVersion>
							<includes>
								<include>**/*.java</include>
							</includes>
							<excludes>
								<exclude>**/server/**</exclude>
							</excludes>
						</configuration>
						<executions>
							<execution>
								<id>generate-js</id>
								<phase>generate-sources</phase>
								<goals>
									<goal>jsweet</goal>
								</goals>
							</execution>
						</executions>
					</plugin>
				</plugins>
			</build>
		</profile>
		<profile>
			<id>server</id>
			<build>
				<plugins>
					<plugin>
						<groupId>org.jsweet</groupId>
						<artifactId>jsweet-maven-plugin</artifactId>
						<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
						<configuration>
							<outFile>server/full.js</outFile>
<!-- 							<outDir>server</outDir> -->
						<module>commonjs</module>
						<targetVersion>ES5</targetVersion>
						<includes>
							<include>**/*.java</include>
						</includes>
						<excludes>
							<exclude>**/app/**</exclude>
						</excludes>
					</configuration>
					<executions>
						<execution>
							<id>generate-js</id>
							<phase>generate-sources</phase>
							<goals>
								<goal>jsweet</goal>
							</goals>
						</execution>
					</executions>
				</plugin>
			</plugins>
		</build>
	</profile>
</profiles>

then run the desired profile:

$ mvn generate-sources -P client