README.md

Yeoman generator providing utilities for IBM Java Generator

This yeoman generator provides utilities for interacting with the IBM Java Generator.

Pre-requisites

• Node version 6 or higher
• Yeoman

Installing the generator

To install the generator:

1. git clone git@github.com:ibm-developer/generator-ibm-java-utils.git
2. cd generator-utils
3. npm install
4. npm link

Running the generator

Running the generator will produce a script file under generated in the current directory that can be used to invoke the Java generator.

Running with prompting

To run the generator providing options via prompts:

1. yo ibm-java-utils
2. Answer the prompts with the required options for generation
3. The generator will create a file called generated/yojava.sh to run the Java generator
4. The generator will create a file called generated/data.json which can be used for subsequent runs

Running with a JSON object

The generator can be run using a JSON object such as:

{
	"createType": "blank/spring",
	"buildType": "gradle",
	"appName": "MyProject",
	"groupId": "projects",
	"artifactId": "MyProject",
	"platforms": [
		"cli",
		"bluemix",
		"kube"
	],
	"bluemix": "\"{\\\"backendPlatform\\\":\\\"SPRING\\\"}\""
}

Create a file called data.json with the above contents and run:

yo ibm-java-utils --data data.json 

The generator will create a file called generated/yojava.sh to run the Java generator.

Further documentation

For more information on running the Java generators see the docs.