Build Options and Option Groups

Build options and option groups can appear in the following sections of the configuration XML file:

- General Configuration Items

- Build Areas

- Transitions

  XML Example 1 | Description
  <Options> | Opening tag for the options defined within a section. All options for the option are defined within the opening tag and the closing tag.
  <Option Id="2"> | Opening tag for this particular option that contains the unique id for it.
  <name> ![CDATA[JAVA-HOME]] </name> | Option name. This is the name used by the build script writer to reference this option.
  <OptionValues> | Opening tag for the values for this option. Since an option may contain 1 to many values, this tag encompasses all the possible values for the option.
  <OptionValue Id="4"> | Opening tag for a single option value that contains the unique id for it.
  <value> ![CDATA[c:\j2sdk1.4.2_12]] </value> | Option value.
  <buildToolId>0</buildToolId> | Build Tool id from which the option value was selected.
  <ruleId>0</ruleId> | Build Tool rule id from which the option value was selected.
  </OptionValue> | Closing tag for a single option value.
  </OptionValues> | Closing tag for option values.
  </Option> | Closing tag for a single option.
  </Options> | Closing tag for entire options section.
  <OptionGroupIds> # </OptionGroupIds> | Opening and closing tags for an option group. The numeric values of the option group are listed between the opening and closing tags.