Rake/Flash Build example

Rakefile

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require "./mxmlc_interface"
require "./as3_annotation_parser"

BUILD_ANNOTATION_NAME = "Build"
PROJECT_DIRECTORY = "/foo"
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = "/foo/output"

#Set up compiler settings
MXMLCInterface.mxmlc = File.join(ENV["FLEX_HOME"], "/bin/mxmlc") #Flex SDK directory
MXMLCInterface.flex_config = File.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, "flex-config.xml") #Flex Config XML
MXMLCInterface.source_path = File.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, "src/main") #Class path for project

desc "Builds SWFs"
task :build do |t, args|
  puts "Building SWFs"

  #Find all .as files and filter by annotation
  found_files = Array.new
  if FileTest::directory?(PROJECT_DIRECTORY)
    Dir.chdir(PROJECT_DIRECTORY)
    Dir.glob("**/*.as") { |filename|
      file = File.open(filename, "r")
      contents = file.read
      if AS3AnnotationParser.has_annotation contents, BUILD_ANNOTATION_NAME
        found_files << File.join(Dir.pwd, filename)
      end
    }
  end

  #Atempt to build each found Build file
  found_files.each { |filename|
    basename = File.basename(filename).gsub(/\.as$/, ".swf")
    success = MXMLCInterface.compile(filename, File.join(OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, basename))
    if !success
      puts "Build failed: #{basename}"
      Process.abort
    end
  }
end