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Excluding files from the compilation
To exclude files or folders matching a specific pattern from the java compilation, set the ant
property
spot.javac.exclude.src
, either on the command line with –D or in the build.properties
file of the project. The value of the property should be specified using standard ant wildcarding.
For example, to exclude all source files in all “unittests” folders, use:
spot.javac.exclude.src=**/unittests/*
Manifest and resources
The file
MANIFEST.MF
in the
resources/META-INF
directory contains information used by the Squawk
VM
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to run the application. In particular it contains the name of the initial class. It can also contain
user-defined properties that are available to the application at run time.
A typical manifest might contain:
MIDlet-Name: Air Text demo
MIDlet-Version: 1.0.0
MIDlet-Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc
MIDlet-1: AirText, , org.sunspotworld.demo.AirTextDemo
MicroEdition-Profile: IMP-1.0
MicroEdition-Configuration: CLDC-1.1
SomeProperty: some value
The syntax of each line is:
<property-name>:<space><property-value>
The most important line here is the one with the property name “
MIDlet-1
”. This line has as its
value a string containing three comma-separated arguments. The first argument is a string that
provides a name for the application and the third defines the name of the application's main class.
This class must be a subclass of
javax.microedition.midlet.MIDlet
. The second argument defines
an icon to be associated with the MIDlet, which is currently not used.
The application can access properties using:
myMidlet.getAppProperty("SomeProperty");
All files within the resources directory are available to the application at runtime. To access a
resource file:
InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/res1.txt");
This accesses the file named “
res1.txt
” that resides at the top level with the resources directory.
Other user properties
For properties that are not specific to the application you should instead use either
•
persistent System properties (see section Persistent properties) for device-specific properties
• properties in the library manifest (see section Library manifest properties
• Each library extension must contain a file named
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The Squawk VM is the Java virtual machine that runs on the Sun SPOT. For more details, go to
http://research.sun.com/projects/squawk/.