- Eclipse Buckminster
Infobox_Software
name = Buckminster
developer =Eclipse Foundation
latest release version = 0.3
latest release date = release date|2008|01|28
operating system =Cross-platform
platform =Java platform
programming language = Java
genre =
license =Eclipse Public License [http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php Eclipse Distribution License]
website = http://wiki.eclipse.org/Buckminster_ProjectThe Buckminster Project is anEclipse (software) technology subproject, and thus in open source, which focuses on component assembly.Buckminster facilitates straight forward sharing of complex assemblies of software components. It is particularly useful for building and sharing "virtual distros", distributions of software components which share components across multiple software projects and repositories.
A Buckminster "CQUERY (component query)" names a component assembly. Using a CQUERY, Buckminster can find and (transitively) locate all the components necessary to complete that particular configuration. A CQUERY is typically published by a developer (or development team) to denote their work: those interested in accessing and using this software can ask Buckminster to fetch everything necessary by quoting the CQUERY.
The process which Buckminster implements to transitively locate and then download and install a full set of components for a particular CQUERY is called "materialisation".
A Buckminster "RMAP (resource map)" is associated with a CQUERY, and lists one or more software repositories in which appropriate components can be found. Many popular repository formats are supported, including
Concurrent Versions System ,Subversion ,Apache Maven ,Perforce and Eclipse platform infrastructures.A Buckminster "CSPEC (component specification)" lists appropriate attributes of a component such as how to build it and on what other components i depends. CSPECs are frequently automatically generated by Buckminster based on meta-information available elsewhere within repositories and the build environment. Automatically generated CSPECs can be manually via "CSPECX CSPEC eXtensions".
A Buckminster "BOM (bill of materials)" lists in full all the details necessary to fulfill a particular CQUERY, and is automatically generated by Buckminster. BOMs are sometimes saved and re-submitted so as to ensure that specific users materialise precisely the same components, in the right versions, as one another.
Buckminster CQUERYs, RMAPs, CQUERYs and BOMs are specified in
XML .See also
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Cloudsmith External links
* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Buckminster_Project Main wiki page for Buckminster]
* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Why_Buckminster_%3F High level introduction to Buckminster]
* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_Buckminster Typical usage scenarios, including building virtual distros]
* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Buckminster_component_meta-data_language_1.0_%28Reference%29 Full XML specifications of Buckminster model]
* [http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/08/19/buckminster_soa_components Bricklaying with Buckminster]
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