Add a js-scripted way to invoke the example generator - for now it needs a running arangod instance.

Documentation/Makefile.files

@@ -63,18 +63,18 @@ examples:
 	@rm -f /tmp/arangodb.examples
 
 	python @srcdir@/Documentation/Scripts/generateExamples.py \
-		--output-dir @builddir@/Documentation/Examples \
-		--only-thisone "$(FILTER_EXAMPLE)" \
-		--arangosh-setup @srcdir@/Documentation/Examples/setup-arangosh.js \
-		@srcdir@/js/actions \
-		@srcdir@/js/client \
-		@srcdir@/js/common \
-		@srcdir@/js/server \
-		@srcdir@/js/apps/system/_api/gharial/APP \
-		@srcdir@/Documentation/Books/Users \
-		@srcdir@/arangod/RestHandler \
-		@srcdir@/arangod/V8Server \
-		> /tmp/arangosh.examples.js
+		--outputDir @builddir@/Documentation/Examples \
+		--onlyThisone "$(FILTER_EXAMPLE)" \
+		--outputFile /tmp/arangosh.examples.js \
+		--arangoshSetup @srcdir@/Documentation/Examples/setup-arangosh.js \
+			@srcdir@/js/actions \
+			@srcdir@/js/client \
+			@srcdir@/js/common \
+			@srcdir@/js/server \
+			@srcdir@/js/apps/system/_api/gharial/APP \
+			@srcdir@/Documentation/Books/Users \
+			@srcdir@/arangod/RestHandler \
+			@srcdir@/arangod/V8Server
 
 	if test -z "$(server.endpoint)"; then \
 		$(MAKE) start-server PID=$(PID) \

Documentation/Scripts/generateExamples.py

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ OPTION_NORMAL = 0
 OPTION_ARANGOSH_SETUP = 1
 OPTION_OUTPUT_DIR = 2
 OPTION_FILTER = 3
+OPTION_OUTPUT_FILE = 4
 
 fstate = OPTION_NORMAL
 
@@ -445,16 +446,18 @@ def loopDirectories():
     filenames = []
     
     for filename in argv:
-        if filename == "--arangosh-setup":
+        if filename == "--arangoshSetup":
             fstate = OPTION_ARANGOSH_SETUP
             continue
-        if filename == "--only-thisone": 
+        if filename == "--onlyThisOne": 
             fstate = OPTION_FILTER
             continue
-        if filename == "--output-dir":
+        if filename == "--outputDir":
             fstate = OPTION_OUTPUT_DIR
             continue
-    
+        if filename == "--outputFile":
+            fstate = OPTION_OUTPUT_FILE
+            continue
         if fstate == OPTION_NORMAL:
             if os.path.isdir(filename):
                 for root, dirs, files in os.walk(filename):
@@ -481,6 +484,10 @@ def loopDirectories():
         elif fstate == OPTION_OUTPUT_DIR:
             fstate = OPTION_NORMAL
             OutputDir = filename
+        elif fstate == OPTION_OUTPUT_FILE:
+            fstate = OPTION_NORMAL
+            sys.stdout = open(filename, 'w')
+
     for filename in filenames:
         if (filename.find("#") < 0):
             f = open(filename, "r")

scripts/generateExamples

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run

scripts/generateExamples.js

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*jshint globalstrict:false, unused:false */
+/*global start_pretty_print */
+
+var fs = require("fs");
+var internal = require("internal");
+var executeExternalAndWait = internal.executeExternalAndWait;
+var print = internal.print;
+
+var documentationSourceDirs = [
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "Documentation/Examples/setup-arangosh.js"),
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "js/actions"),
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "js/client"),
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "js/common"),
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "js/server"),
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "js/apps/system/_api/gharial/APP"),
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "Documentation/Books/Users"),
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "arangod/RestHandler"),
+  fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "arangod/V8Server")];
+
+
+	
+
+var theScript = 'Documentation/Scripts/generateExamples.py';
+
+var scriptArguments = {
+  'outputDir': fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), "Documentation/Examples"),
+  'outputFile': '/tmp/arangosh.examples.js'
+};
+
+function main (argv) {
+  "use strict";
+  var thePython = 'python';
+  var test = argv[1];
+  var options = {};
+  var serverEndpoint = '';
+  var runLocaly = true;
+
+  try {
+    options = internal.parseArgv(argv, 1);
+  }
+  catch (x) {
+    print("failed to parse the options: " + x.message);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (options.hasOwnProperty('withPython')) {
+    thePython = options.withPython;
+  }
+
+  if (options.hasOwnProperty('onlyThisOne')) {
+    scriptArguments['onlyThisOne'] = options.onlyThisOne;
+  }
+
+  if (options.hasOwnProperty('server.endpoint')) {
+    runLocaly = false;
+    serverEndpoint = options['server.endpoint'];
+  }
+  var args = [theScript].concat(internal.toArgv(scriptArguments));
+  args = args.concat(['--arangoshSetup']);
+  args = args.concat(documentationSourceDirs);
+
+  internal.print(JSON.stringify(args));
+
+  var res = executeExternalAndWait(thePython, args);
+
+
+  var arangoshArgs = {
+    'configuration': fs.join(fs.makeAbsolute(''), 'etc', 'relative', 'arangosh.conf'),
+    'server.password': "",
+    'server.endpoint': serverEndpoint,
+    'javascript.execute': scriptArguments.outputFile
+  };
+
+  res = executeExternalAndWait('bin/arangosh', internal.toArgv(arangoshArgs));
+  return 0;
+}