:index-group: Jakarta EE 9 Work
:jbake-date: 2020-04-17
:jbake-type: page
:jbake-status: published


= Eclipse Transformer

The Eclipse Transformer provides translation from javax to jakarta on various artifacts, including Java source source, compiled Java classes, along with jar, war and ear files.

== Building

The Transformer is a project at the Eclipse Foundation, and is built using Gradle. To checkout and build from source, do the following:

[source,bash]
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git clone https://github.com/tbitonti/jakartaee-prototype
cd jakartaee-prototype
./gradlew assembleDist
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This will produce a tar and a zip in the `transformer/build/distributions` directory.

== Running

Unzip the resulting zip file, and add the `bin` directory to your `PATH` variable, and you should be able to run the transformer using the `transformer` script.

Running `transformer -u` will provide the usage information:

[source,bash]
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usage: org.eclipse.transformer.Transformer input [ output ] [ options ]
Options:
 -d,--dryrun                    Dry run
 -h,--help                      Display help
 -i,--invert                    Invert transformation rules
 -lf,--logFile <arg>            Logging file
 -ll,--logLevel <arg>           Logging level
 -ln,--logName <arg>            Logger name
 -lp,--logProperty <arg>        Logging property
 -lpf,--logPropertyFile <arg>   Logging properties file
 -o,--overwrite                 Overwrite
 -q,--quiet                     Display quiet output
 -t,--type <arg>                Input file type
 -tb,--bundles <arg>            Transformation bundle updates URL
 -td,--direct <arg>             Transformation direct string replacements
 -tf,--xml <arg>                Map of XML filenames to property files
 -tr,--renames <arg>            Transformation package renames URL
 -ts,--selection <arg>          Transformation selections URL
 -tv,--versions <arg>           Transformation package versions URL
 -u,--usage                     Display usage
 -v,--verbose                   Display verbose output
Actions:
  [ NULL ]
  [ CLASS ]
  [ MANIFEST ]
  [ FEATURE ]
  [ SERVICE_LOADER_CONFIG ]
  [ XML ]
  [ ZIP ]
  [ JAR ]
  [ WAR ]
  [ RAR ]
  [ EAR ]
  [ JAVA ]
  [ DIRECTORY ]
Logging Properties:
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.logFile ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.cacheOutputStream ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.a.b.c ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.levelInBrackets ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showThreadName ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showLogName ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showShortLogName ]
  [ org.slf4j.simpleLogger.warnLevelString ]

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With an already built and extracted TomEE server, we can do some experimentation.

Rename the lib folder:

[source,bash]
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mv lib javaee-lib
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Create a Jakarta EE lib folder:

[source,bash]
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mkdir jakartaee-lib
----

Translate each of the jars in the javaee-lib folder:

[source,bash]
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cd javaee-lib

for f in *; do transformer $f ../jakartaee-lib/$f -tr <path/to/rules/file>; done
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See the rules section below for the rules file.

Symlink jakartaee-lib folder to lib:

[source,bash]
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cd ..
ln -s jakartaee-lib lib
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You should now be able to start a Jakarta-ized version of TomEE. (Expect errors - these can be discussed on the list)


== Rules

The current rules for package renames are in the `transformer/jakarta-renames.properties` file in the main TomEE source repository.