Creating projects in a rational application developer workspace

A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage device having computer usable program code embodied thereon that is executable by a computer for automatically creating a current project in a RATIONAL application developer workspace, the computer program product comprising:

• computer usable program code for extracting files that are used to create the current project from a configuration management version control software package to form extracted files;
• computer usable program code for placing the extracted files in a source code control repository directory;
• computer usable program code for creating one or more subdirectories in a RATIONAL application developer workspace directory;
• computer usable program code for copying the extracted files in the source code control repository directory into the one or more subdirectories in the RATIONAL application developer workspace directory;
• computer usable program code for initializing an ANT build environment for the current project;
• computer usable program code for determining automatically if the current project has one or more dependent projects based on data contained within a project file for the current project in response to reading the project file, wherein a customized ANT task that automatically generates an ANT build file for each of the one or more dependent projects is used to read the project file for the current project and then determine if the current project has one or more dependent projects based on the data contained within the project file;
• computer usable program code for generating automatically the ANT build file for each of the one or more dependent projects using the customized ANT task in response to determining that the current project does have the one or more dependent projects, wherein the ANT build file is automatically generated for each of the one or more dependent projects based on a template file for each of the one or more dependent projects, and wherein the ANT build file calls importing targets within each of the one or more dependent projects;
• computer usable program code for importing automatically the current project and the one or more dependent projects into the RATIONAL application developer workspace of a RATIONAL application developer application by calling the importing targets within the ANT build file of each of the one or more dependent projects to form a created current project, wherein the RATIONAL application developer workspace is an integrated development environment, and wherein the created current project is created within the RATIONAL application developer workspace without launching the RATIONAL application developer application;
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• computer usable program code for storing the created current the configuration management version control software package.

A computer system for automatically creating a current project in a RATIONAL application developer workspace, the computer system comprising:

• a storage device, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code;
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• a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code to:
• extract files that are used to create the current project from a configuration management version control software package to form extracted files;
• place the extracted files in a source code control repository directory;
• create one or more subdirectories in a RATIONAL application developer workspace directory;
• copy the extracted files in the source code control repository directory into the one or more subdirectories in the RATIONAL application developer workspace directory;
• initialize an ANT build environment for the current project;
• determine automatically if the current project has one or more dependent projects based on data contained within a project file for the current project in response to reading the project file, wherein a customized ANT task that automatically generates an ANT build file for each of the one or more dependent projects is used to read the project file for the current project and then determine if the current project has one or more dependent projects based on the data contained within the project file;
• generate automatically the ANT build file for each of the one or more dependent projects using the customized ANT task in response to determining that the current project does have the one or more dependent projects, wherein the ANT build file is automatically generated for each of the one or more dependent projects based on a template file for each of the one or more dependent projects, and wherein the ANT build file calls importing targets within each of the one or more dependent projects;
• import automatically the current project and the one or more dependent projects into the RATIONAL application developer workspace of a RATIONAL application developer application by calling the importing targets within the ANT build file of each of the one or more dependent projects to form a created current project, wherein the RATIONAL application developer workspace is an integrated development environment, and wherein the created current project is created within the RATIONAL application developer workspace without launching the RATIONAL application developer application;
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• store the created current project the configuration management version control software package.