buildframework/helium/doc/src/api/help.html.ftl
author Daniel Jacobs <daniel.jacobs@nokia.com>
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:46:39 +0000
branchwip
changeset 143 a00bdef52597
parent 1 be27ed110b50
permissions -rw-r--r--
Correct problems in raptorinstallermaker.py: ensure missing directories' names are printed rather than %s when checking Win32 support directory, and remove final reliance on SBS_HOME environment variable (use only the value passed to the -s switch).

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<#include "api.ftllib"/>

<@helium_api_header title="Helium API Help"/>

    <center>
    <h1>
    How This API Document Is Organized
    </h1>
    
    </center>
    
    This API document describes the Helium user API (Application Programming Interface) in terms of its Ant targets, properties and other configuration. It has pages corresponding to the items in the navigation bar, described as follows:
    
    <h3>Project</h3>
    
    A project corresponds to an Apache Ant XML file. Each project contains a number of targets.
    
    <h3>Target</h3>
    
    Each target has its own page listing the following sections:
    <ul>
    <li>Location</li>
    <li>Description</li>
    <li>Property dependencies. A list of Ant properties that this target uses and their edit status requirements.</li>
    <li>Target dependencies. A list of other targets that will be called before or during this target execution.</li>
    </ul>
    
    Target dependencies legend:
    <ul>
    <li>Blue arrows point to direct dependencies.</li>
    <li>Green arrows point to antcall and runtarget dependencies.</li>
    </ul>
    
    <p align="center">
    <img src="target-example.dot.png" usemap="#target-example"
         style="border-style: none"/>
    <map name="target-example" id="target-example">
        <#include "target-example.dot.cmap"/>
    </map>
    </p>

    <h3>Property Group</h3>
    A list of Property groups that group together related configuration elements, their usage requirements within that group and their edit status requirements..    
    
    <h3>Property</h3>
    Each property has its own page listing the following sections:
    <ul>
    <li>Description</li>
    <li>Usage</li>
    <li>Type</li>
    <li>Edit Status : The values could be must, recommended, allowed, discouraged or never.</li>
    </ul>    
    <h3></h3>
    <h3></h3>


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