是否可以在不使用tycho插件的情况下生成artifact.xml和content.xml？

Question

I am searching for a way to generate the artifact.xml and the content.xml manually without using the eclipse tycho-plugin . Currently I have all the OSGi bundles and the features(with all the dependant bundles) to be installed in to the p2-repo in a seperate location. By looking at the content of the artifact.xml and content.xml files, I observed that they contain most of the meta data available in the existing bundles and features plus few additional meta data. Is it possible to generate the above two files without using the Tycho plugin .

Thank you

Answer 1

Might the Eclipse Features and Bundles Publisher be what you are looking for?

Eclipse brings with it some helper applications that can be run on the command line. One of it is the Features and Bundles Publisher . From the documentation:

The features and bundles publisher application (org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.FeaturesAndBundlesPublisher) is a command line application that is capable of generating metadata (p2 repositories) from pre-built Eclipse bundles and features.

You can find more information including sample calls in the respective Eclipse documentation .