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# Development
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Any contribution is welcomed!
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There are no real formal contribution guidelines right now, they will maybe come later.
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## Repository Structure
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The following for modules make up the X-Pipe API and a licensed under the MIT license:
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- [core](core) - Shared core classes of the X-Pipe Java API, X-Pipe extensions, and the X-Pipe daemon implementation
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- [beacon](beacon) - The X-Pipe beacon component is responsible for handling all communications between the X-Pipe
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daemon
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and the client applications, for example the various programming language APIs and the CLI
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The other modules make up the X-Pipe implementation and are licensed under GPL:
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- [app](app) - Contains the X-Pipe daemon implementation, the X-Pipe desktop application, and an
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API to create all different kinds of extensions for the X-Pipe platform
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- [dist](dist) - Tools to create a distributable package of X-Pipe
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- [ext](ext) - Available X-Pipe extensions. Essentially every feature is implemented as an extension
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### Open source model
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X-Pipe utilizes an open core model, which essentially means that
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the main application is open source while certain other components are not.
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Select parts are not open source yet, but may be added to this repository in the future.
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Some tests and especially test environments and that run on private servers
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are also not included in this repository (Don't want to leak server information).
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Finally, scripts and workflows to create and publish installers and packages
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are also not included to prevent attackers from easily impersonating the X-Pipe application.
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## Modularity
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All X-Pipe components target [JDK 19](https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/19/) and make full use of the Java Module System (JPMS).
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All components are modularized, including all their dependencies.
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In case a dependency is (sadly) not modularized yet, module information is manually added using [moditect](https://github.com/moditect/moditect-gradle-plugin).
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Further, note that as this is a pretty complicated Java project that fully utilizes modularity,
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many IDEs still have problems building this project properly.
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For example, you can't build this project in eclipse or vscode as it will complain about missing modules.
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The tested and recommended IDE is IntelliJ.
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## Setup
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You need to have an up-to-date version of X-Pipe installed on your local system in order to properly
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run X-Pipe in a development environment.
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This is due to the fact that some components are only included in the release version and not in this repository.
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X-Pipe is able to automatically detect your local installation and fetch the required
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components from it when it is run in a development environment.
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## Building and Running
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You can use the gradle wrapper to build and run the project:
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- `gradlew app:run` will run the desktop application. You can set various useful properties in `app/build.gradle`
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- `gradlew dist` will create a distributable production version in `dist/build/dist/base`.
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- `gradlew <project>:test` will run the tests of the specified project.
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You are also able to properly debug the built production application through two different methods:
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- The `app/scripts/xpiped_debug` script will launch the application in debug mode and with a console attached to it
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- The `app/scripts/xpiped_debug_attach` script attaches a debugger with the help of [AttachMe](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/13263-attachme).
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Just make sure that the attachme process is running within IntelliJ, and the debugger should launch automatically once you start up the application.
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Note that when any unit test is run using a debugger, the X-Pipe daemon process that is started will also attempt
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to connect to that debugger through [AttachMe](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/13263-attachme) as well.
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