Ivy Chinese Reference Document (5)-ivy How to work

The main terms and concepts of ivy have been introduced, and it is time to explain how Ivy works.

The usual cycle of modules under different locations

For more details, check out the ant task.

I. Configuration

Ivy needs to be configured to be able to resolve dependencies. This configuration is typically done through a configuration file that defines a series of dependent parsers. Each parser can discover Ivy files and/or artifacts, providing simple information such as organization, module, revision, product name, product type and product extension.

Configuration is usually responsible for spending which parser should be used to parse which module. This configuration depends only on your environment, for example, where you can find the modules and artifacts.

The default configuration is used when no configuration is given. This configuration Utility Ivyrep to parse all modules.