Kieren has posted nice straightforward instructions on building ProjectWONDER from CVS. I’ve got just a couple of additions:

• There is a space after the word 'modern' on line 16 of the WONDER_DIR/Build/build/default.properties file. It needs to be removed.
• I had the WOProject jars installed in /Developer/Java/Ant/lib/, I had to move them aside during the build as they conflicted with the ant compile task.

Rubicode has posted an update to EOGenerator¹. Version 1.6 brings WebObjects 5.2.4 compatibility among other changes. My fave: EOGJavaSource.eotemplate’s deleteAllXXXRelationships method no longer removes objects from an array during enumeration².

¹Reported by Steve Smith.
²Reported by Kieran.

EOGenerator is broken with WebObjects 5.2.4 it gives this error:

this class is not key value coding-compliant for the key
@sortedNameArray

Mike Schrag posted this patch to the webobjects-dev list which seems to fix the problem. As soon as Rubicode releases an official update I’ll switch, but for now this will keep me going.

I had to spend some time fighting with the WOProject jars until I found a location where they would work.

Will Norris has a nice explanation as to why it works (or doesn’t) the way it does.

Thanks Will!

NOTE: WebObjects 5.2.3 is NOT supported in Tiger!!

Support, shummort, who needs support? 🙂 Here are my notes:

Update: WebObjects 5.2.4 is now out, bringing Tiger support (spotted by Art Isbell on the webobjects-dev list).

• After installing Tiger and Xcode 2.0, install WebObjects 5.2 followed by the 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 updates (available here). Update: WebObjects 5.2.4 is a combined update, there is no need to apply the 5.2.2 – 5.2.3 updates first.
• EOModeler will not generate Java classes for you without crashing, use EOGenerator. Update: Fixed in WebObjects 5.2.4.
• WOLips/Eclipse work fine in Tiger, but the PrivateFramework hack for WO tools integration now longer works – in fact it is dangerous. That’s OK though, it’s not really needed. See this post.
• The CoreData tools in Xcode conflict with the /Library/Application Support/Apple/Developer Tools/Plug-ins/WOAssistant.pbplugin. Remove it if you want to play with CoreData. Update: Fixed in WebObjects 5.2.4.