Post-Install Configuration and Participating in Upgrades
Griffon plugins can do post-install configuration and participate in application upgrade process (the upgrade command). This is achieved via two specially named scripts under scripts
directory of the plugin - _Install.groovy
and _Upgrade.groovy
._Install.groovy
is executed after the plugin has been installed and _Upgrade.groovy
is executed each time the user upgrades his application with upgrade command.These scripts are normal Gant scripts so you can use the full power of Gant. An addition to the standard Gant variables is the pluginBasedir
variable which points at the plugin installation basedir.As an example the below _Install.groovy
script will create a new directory type under the griffon-app
directory and install a configuration template:ant.mkdir(dir:"${basedir}/griffon-app/jobs")
ant.copy(file:"${pluginBasedir}/src/samples/SamplePluginConfiguration.groovy",
todir:"${basedir}/griffon-app/conf")// To access Griffon home you can use following code:
// ant.property(environment:"env")
// griffonHome = ant.antProject.properties."env.GRIFFON_HOME"
Scripting events
It is also possible to hook into command line scripting events through plugins. These are events triggered during execution of Griffon target and plugin scripts.For example, you can hook into status update output (i.e. "Tests passed", "Server running") and the creation of files or artifacts.A plugin merely has to provide an _Events.groovy
script to listen to the required events. Refer the documentation on Hooking into Events for further information.