The different settings required for using the grass config builder tool is defined in the settings element of grass config XML file. The grass tool settings consists of project name, project directory, input directory for base config files and the output directory for generated config files of various environments.

A sample definition of grass settings for a project in the grass config file is given below,

<settings project="Test">
<project-dir>/home/aravsa/dev/proj/runtime-EclipseApplication/Test/</project-dir>
<input-dirs>
<input-dir>test/conf/jca/</input-dir>
</input-dirs>
<output-dir>output/</output-dir>
</settings>

Details of settings definition in grass config

<input-dirs>
<input-dir>test/conf/jca/</input-dir>
</input-dirs>

One or more input directory for base set of  config files are defined within the input-dirs element. The input-dir element value is relative to the project directory.

<output-dir>output/</output-dir>

The output dir for generated config files are relative to project directory. The generated config files for a target environment are placed in its own sub directory with the name of target environment under the output directory.

In the sample definition above for the project Test, base set of config files are present in the dir /home/aravsa/dev/proj/runtime-EclipseApplication/Test/test/conf/jca/. The generated files for target environment prod is placed in the directory /home/aravsa/dev/proj/runtime-EclipseApplication/Test/output/prod/.