No way to compile example plugin about spongeapi HOT 8 CLOSED

I know this is a premature time to ask, but has the build system that'll be exposed to plugin devs been discussed yet? IMO, this project's root build.gradle should only support the API and not the example plugin.

For compiling the example project, I see a space for a -src distributable (a la Forge/FML) with which this git repo will be based upon. The example plugin's build.gradle would be included in this git repo, but it would be separate from the API's build.gradle. As an example, FML has an install folder as a source to pull from. Generating this -src distributable though requires support in FG itself, and I'm not sure if we're going that route.

We'd also have to discuss how the API is getting to the end-modder (I recall @AbrarSyed mentioning a maven repo for API artifacts) and how they'll be able to test their plugins (i.e. the Sponge coremod should be hosted too or something).

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@xaeroverse It's built to a separate jar as is (in #150), and you could probably disable Maven publishing for that project specifically. Gradle isn't recursive when discovering subprojects, so people pulling in SpongeAPI as a Git submodule (or Mercurial subrepository) won't get even have the example plugin built unless they specifically ask for it.

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To be clear... Gradle does not 'search' for sub projects. All sub projects are explocitely defined in the settings.gradle

As for an example plugin... Just put it in src/test/java as that's where all unit tests and such should go. However the best thing IMO is to just make the example in a separate repository.

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@AbrarSyed Gradle doesn't build a jar out of the test sources, so you can't load it into the server then. A new repository is a separate discussion.

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@teozkr
Solution:

1. Make a the package 'org.spongepowered.example' in the java folder.
2. Move ExamplePlugin.java to that package.

This will cause the plugin to be compiled together with sponge. But its good to test things.

Notice: The main methods of the plugin don't get called somehow. But FML recognise it.

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@thomas15v

This will cause the plugin to be compiled together with sponge. But its good to test things.

Did you look at the PR (#150, once again) before commenting?

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Ow. I didn't look at that. Sorry ...

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@Zidane Sorry switched tabs, this is the issue to close, given that it's referring to a non-existent target.

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