[basex-talk] Combining modules into a single file

[George Sofianos]

Hi, and thanks for your awesome engine again!

I wonder if there is an easy and complete way of combining xquery files
into a single file. To give an example, I have about 16-17 xquery
files, some are only 50-100 lines but some can be up to 1500 lines.

Because of multiple reasons, (legacy web application behaviour that
makes it hard to deploy updates, network file system that doesn't always
work), it is preferable to have one single file to execute on the XQuery
engine. I know it can be done with ant for example, but it's not very
easy to cover all cases, so maybe someone has a better idea :) I don't
mind implementing something in a different language, as long as I know
it will be doable.

Thanks,

George

[Christian Grün]

Hi George,

Bundling modules into a single file would surely be helpful. For
example, I would like to distribute the DBA as zipped file in future.
Currently, there is no such solution available, mostly because we did
not have time to think about all conceptual details. Suggestions are
welcome. Do you mostly think about RESTXQ applications, files in
repositories, or arbitrary XQuery projects that should also be
runnable outside the web context?

Christian

Post by George Sofianos
Hi, and thanks for your awesome engine again!
I wonder if there is an easy and complete way of combining xquery files into
a single file. To give an example, I have about 16-17 xquery files, some
are only 50-100 lines but some can be up to 1500 lines.
Because of multiple reasons, (legacy web application behaviour that makes it
hard to deploy updates, network file system that doesn't always work), it is
preferable to have one single file to execute on the XQuery engine. I know
it can be done with ant for example, but it's not very easy to cover all
cases, so maybe someone has a better idea :) I don't mind implementing
something in a different language, as long as I know it will be doable.
Thanks,
George

[George Sofianos]

Hi Christian,

Unfortunately I haven't used the RESTXQ yet, so I'm mostly talking about
arbitary XQuery projects that can be executed using the java API for
example. I've made an ant script that takes all XQuery in an envelope
(each one has its own namespace) and bundles them into a single XQuery
file, but I had some issues with it, mostly because ant is not very easy
to use.

But in any case it would be helpful if somehow this can be done within
BaseX, like a step before compiling, so it will only bundle files that
are importing each other, and not everything in an envelope, then give
an option to export that bundle.

George

Post by Christian Grün
Hi George,
Bundling modules into a single file would surely be helpful. For
example, I would like to distribute the DBA as zipped file in future.
Currently, there is no such solution available, mostly because we did
not have time to think about all conceptual details. Suggestions are
welcome. Do you mostly think about RESTXQ applications, files in
repositories, or arbitrary XQuery projects that should also be
runnable outside the web context?
Christian

Post by George Sofianos
Hi, and thanks for your awesome engine again!
I wonder if there is an easy and complete way of combining xquery files into
a single file. To give an example, I have about 16-17 xquery files, some
are only 50-100 lines but some can be up to 1500 lines.
Because of multiple reasons, (legacy web application behaviour that makes it
hard to deploy updates, network file system that doesn't always work), it is
preferable to have one single file to execute on the XQuery engine. I know
it can be done with ant for example, but it's not very easy to cover all
cases, so maybe someone has a better idea :) I don't mind implementing
something in a different language, as long as I know it will be doable.
Thanks,
George