[izpack-users] Using ProcessPanel and Log4J
Mandeep Saini
Mandeep.Saini at dante.org.uk
Thu Apr 26 16:04:15 CEST 2007
Hi Marius,
I am sending the attachments again as doc (M.S.) files. I used the
Altova XML editor to wrote them.
Regards
Mandeep
Hi Mandeep,
>
> Im having some trouble with the attachment, not sure if you worked in an
> editor or something, but the xml files look as follow:
>
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> New;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}{\f2\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}}
> {\colortbl
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> {\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs20
> <?\cf2 xml \cf3 version\cf4 =\cf5 "1.0" \cf3 encoding\cf4 =\cf5
> "iso-8859-1" \cf3 standalone\cf4 =\cf5 "yes" \cf1 ?>\cf0\par
> \cf1 <\cf2 installation \cf3 version\cf4 =\cf5 "1.0"\cf1 >\cf0\par
> \cf4\tab\cf1 <\cf2 info\cf1 >\cf0\par
> \cf4 \cf1 <\cf2 appname\cf1 >\cf4 TradeRoot\cf1 </\cf2
> appname\cf1 >\cf0\par
> \cf4 \cf1 <\cf2 appversion\cf1 >\cf4 4.5.1\cf1 </\cf2
> appversion\cf1 >\cf0\par
> \cf4 \cf1 <\cf2 authors\cf1 >\cf0\par
> \cf4 \cf1 <\cf2 author \cf3 name\cf4 =\cf5 "Marius" \cf3
> email\cf4 =\cf5 "marius.hugo at traderoot.com"\cf1 />\cf0\par
> \cf4 \cf1 <\cf2 author \cf3 name\cf4 =\cf5 "TRADEROOT" \cf3
> email\cf4 =\cf5 "traderoot at traderoot.com"\cf1 />\cf0\par
> \cf4 \cf1 </\cf2 authors\cf1 >\cf0\par
> \cf4 \cf1 <\cf2 url\cf1 >\cf4 http://www.traderoot.com/\cf1
> </\cf2 url\cf1 >\cf0\par
> \cf4 \cf1 <\cf2 javaversion\cf1 >\cf4 1.4\cf1 </\cf2
> javaversion\cf1 >\cf0\par
> \cf4 \f1\tab\cf1\f0 </\cf2 info\cf1 >\cf0\par
>
> this does not parse,
> Unless I ma missing something dreadfully obvious
>
> Thanks,
> marius
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> [mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Mandeep
> Saini
> Sent: 24 April 2007 15:44
> To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Using ProcessPanel and Log4J
>
> Hi Marius,
>
> I am sending you a detailed example try to follow it:
> for ProcessPanel.Spec.xml and install.xml find the attachments:
>
> com.traderoot.tools.artifact.installer.LicenseInstall class:
>
> public class LicenseInstall {
> public void run( AbstractUIProcessHandler handler, String[] args) {
> String installPath = args[0];
> String trtLicense = args[1];
> String tradeRootInstallationPath = args[2];
> String tradeRootRepositoriesPath = args[3];
> String check = args[4];
> String output = null;
>
> if(check.equals("Selected"){
> output = "install path is: " + installPath + "\n";
> output = output + "trtLicense variable contains: " + trtLicense
> + "\n";
> output = output + "tradeRootInstallationPath is: " +
> tradeRootInstallationPath + "\n";
>
> }
>
> try {
> FileWriter propWriter propWriter= new
> FileWriter(tradeRootRepositoriesPath + "/MyProp.properties");
> BufferedWriter outBuffer = new BufferedWriter(propWriter);
> outBuffer.write(output);
> outBuffer.close();
> }
> catch(java.io.IOException ioe){ }
>
> }
> }
>
> Hope it will help.
>
> Regards
> Mandeep
>
> Marius Hugo wrote:
>> Thanks, I tried all of that now, but I still get an exception and I
>> cannot get the ProcessPanel logging to work...
>> My code that im passing looks like this
>>
>> public class LicenseInstall {
>> public void run(AbstractUIProcessHandler handler, String[]
> args){
>> String install_path = args[0];
>> Util.configureLogging();
>> Util.setLogLevel(Util.VERBOSE);
>> Util.log(Util.VERBOSE,"WORKING",classname,null);
>>
>> try{
>> LicenseInstall l = new LicenseInstall(args);
>> } catch (Exception x){
>> Util.log(Util.ERROR,"Uh-oh! ", classname,x);
>> }
>> }
>>
>> ...
>> ..
>> ..
>> ..
>> }
>>
>> I expected to have a log file created containing the text "WORKING" on
>
>> the C drive as is configured in my log4j, that didn't work inside the
>> ProcessPanel (if I just run it in my environment it works) I have
>> tried to just make a BufferedWriter and create a text file just to see
>
>> if my class at least runs, but that also does nothing...so I don't
>> think the log4j is the problem.
>>
>> I get the following window that pops up when I run the process panel:
>> Title -> Post Processing Error
>> -> Exception when running class:
>> com.traderoot.tools.artifact.installer.LicenseInstall,
>> com.traderoot.tools.artifact.installer.LicenseInstall.
>>
>> Could anyone point out anything that I'm missing? I'm gonna attach my
>> install.xml file, etc...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marius
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>> [mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Mandeep
>> Saini
>> Sent: 20 April 2007 11:20
>> To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
>> Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Using ProcessPanel and Log4J
>>
>> Hi Marius,
>>
>> see the related comments below:
>> Marius Hugo wrote:
>>> Hi, I'm new to IzPack and I'm having a bit of trouble with the
>> following:
>>>
>>> I have to merge files based on versioning and a license that I must
>>> parse. I have written my own code to handle this and included it in
>>> a
>>> ProcessPanel. I loaded the jars necessary using the <jar> tag (these
>
>>> tags are in my install.xml).
>> Make sure you also include the jars on which your class has
>> dependency, unless its already in izpack. For example, if my classes
>> have dependency on 'commons-codec-1.3.jar' and my processing classes
>> are in another jar file (say processingClasses.jar) then in my
> install.xml I will write:
>> <jar src="target/processPanelJar/processingClasses.jar" /> <jar
>> src="target/jars/commons-codec-1.3.jar" />
>>
>>
>>> When I get to running the panel, it simply tells me that there has
>>> been an exception using my class and there is no actual indication
>>> that the correct action was taken or that my class was even run (I
>>> also have no clue what the exception is, it doesn't specify)
>>>
>>> My class uses log4j and that has to read a file for its config.
>>> Normally I would just say the following:
>>> java -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j.properties com.bla bla bla.MyClass
>> If your class file needs some config file like 'log4j.properties' then
>
>> the jar file which contains your class should also contain the
>> properties file. make the code to find it from there.
>>>
>>> How would I get this right in the process panel? Cause I need to see
>
>>> the logs so that I can know what's going on.
>>>
>>> Also, I attempted to enable the ProcessPanel logging, but the file
>>> never gets created in $INSTALL_PATH.
>> I have also tried to enable ProcessPanel logging but I could not do
> so.
>> As far as I remember this feature is not completely implemented yet
>> but I cant remember the actual cause.
>>> My ProcessPanel config looks a little something like this:
>>>
>>> <processing>
>>> <job name="InstallArtifacts">
>>> <logfiledir>$INSTALL_PATH</logfiledir>
>>> <executeclass
>> name="com.traderoot.tools.artifact.installer.LicenseInstall">
>>> <args>
>>> <arg value="$trtLicense"/>
>>> <arg value="$INSTALL_PATH/TradeRoot/Installations/"/>
>>> <arg value="$INSTALL_PATH/TradeRoot/Repositories"/>
>>> <arg value="Stack"/>
>>> </args>
>>> </executeclass>
>>> </job>
>>> </processing>
>>>
>>> $trtLicense -> location of license that i captured in a UserInput
>> panel....
>>> I understand that all these values are passed in the specified order
>>> to the main method of the class that I specified.
>> When you write any class for process panel, you don't need to write
>> main method instead you write the run( AbstractUIProcessHandler
>> handler, String[] args) method. For example:
>>
>> import com.izforge.izpack.util.AbstractUIProcessHandler;
>>
>> public class MyClass {
>>
>> public void run( AbstractUIProcessHandler handler, String[] args){
>> String install_path = args[0];
>> myMethod(install_path);
>> }
>>
>> public void myMethod(){
>> }
>> }
>>
>> Hope this works for you.
>>
>> Regards
>> Mandeep
>>
>>>
>>> thanks guys
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> MARIUS HUGO
>>>
>>>
>>> SOFTWARE ENGINEER
>>>
>>>
>>> c
>>> t
>>> f
>>> +27 72 237 4083
>>> +27 21 551 5444
>>> +27 21 551 5449
>>>
>>> *TRADEROOT **TECHNOLOGIES (Pty)Ltd. Reg. No. 2000/005984/07.
>>> www.traderoot.com Directors* E von Engelhardt, J Ludik, B Dungan, W
>> Reece.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -
>>> --
>>>
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>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes" ?>
>>
>> <!--
>>
>> Some handy tips....
>>
>> VARIABLES
>>
>> <variables>
>> <variable name="app-version" value="1.4"/>
>> <variable name="released-on" value="08/03/2002"/> </variables>
>>
>> use variable as follows -> $name
>>
>>
>>
>> -->
>>
>>
>>
>> <installation version="1.0">
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <!-- gui preferences -->
>>
>> <guiprefs height="700" resizable="yes" width="900">
>> <laf name="metouia">
>> <os family="unix" />
>> <param name="decorate.frames" value="yes" />
>> <param name="decorate.dialogs" value="yes" />
>> </laf>
>> <laf name="metouia">
>> <os family="windows" />
>> <param name="decorate.frames" value="yes" />
>> <param name="decorate.dialogs" value="yes" />
>> </laf>
>> </guiprefs>
>>
>>
>>
>> <!--
>> Specify the supported languages
>> -->
>> <locale>
>> <langpack iso3="eng"/>
>> </locale>
>>
>>
>> <!--
>> Specify resources that can be loaded by the panels (defined and
> used later in this file)
>> I defined the logo, text containing info and the license
> agreement
>> -->
>>
>> <resources>
>> <res id="Installer.image" src="/Logo/logo.jpg"/>
> <!-- left hand picture for all panes, trtLogo
>> ...can also specify for each panel...id=Installer.image.n, where
>
>> n=0..lastpanel-1 -->
>>
>> <res id="InfoPanel.info" src="/Doc/ReadMe.txt"/>
>> <res id="LicencePanel.licence" src="/Legal/License.txt"/>
>> <res id="userInputSpec.xml" src="userInputSpec.xml"/>
>> <res id="ProcessPanel.Spec.xml" src="ProcessPanel.Spec.xml"/>
>> </resources>
>>
>>
>> <jar src="lib/artifact-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
>> <jar src="lib/commons-io-1.1.jar"/>
>> <jar src="lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar"/>
>> <jar src="lib/log4j-1.2.8.jar"/>
>> <jar src="lib/truezip-6.jar"/>
>>
>> <!--
>> Indicate the panels we want to use, in order.
>> -->
>> <panels>
>> <panel classname="HelloPanel"/>
>> <panel classname="InfoPanel"/>
>> <panel classname="UserInputPanel"/>
>> <panel classname="LicencePanel"/>
>> <panel classname="TargetPanel"/>
>> <panel classname="PacksPanel"/>
>> <panel classname="InstallPanel"/>
>> <panel classname="ProcessPanel"/>
>> <panel classname="FinishPanel"/>
>> </panels>
>>
>>
>>
>> <!-- InfoPanel -> info about this installer....for the info
>> panel... -->
>>
>> <info>
>> <appname>TradeRoot</appname>
>> <appversion>4.5.1</appversion>
>> <authors>
>> <author name="Marius" email="marius.hugo at traderoot.com"/>
>> <author name="TRADEROOT" email="traderoot at traderoot.com"/>
>> </authors>
>> <url>http://www.traderoot.com/</url>
>> <javaversion>1.4</javaversion>
>> </info>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <!--
>> The packs section.
>> We specify our packs here.
>> -->
>>
>>
>>
>> <packs>
>> <pack name="TradeRoot Core" required="yes">
>> <description>The core files required for a TradeRoot
> Installation. Please note that you are required to select at least one
> Installation</description>
>> <required>yes</required>
>> <preselected>yes</preselected>
>> <file src="TradeRoot Skeleton/Export"
> targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH">
>> <exclude>**</exclude>
>> </file>
>> <file src="TradeRoot Skeleton/Import"
> targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH">
>> <exclude>**</exclude>
>> </file>
>>
>> <file src="TradeRoot Skeleton/Installations"
> targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH">
>> <exclude>**</exclude>
>> </file>
>> <file src="TradeRoot Skeleton/Java"
> targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH">
>> <exclude>**</exclude>
>> </file>
>> <file src="TradeRoot Skeleton/UserApplications"
> targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH">
>> <exclude>**</exclude>
>> </file>
>>
>> <file src="TradeRoot Skeleton/Repositories"
> targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
>> <file src="TradeRoot Skeleton/Install"
>> targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"/>
>>
>>
>> </pack>
>> </packs>
>>
>> </installation>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>>
>> <processing>
>> <job name="InstallArtifacts">
>> <logfiledir>$INSTALL_PATH</logfiledir>
>> <jar src="lib/artifact-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
>> <jar src="lib/commons-io-1.1.jar"/>
>> <jar src="lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar"/>
>> <jar src="lib/log4j-1.2.8.jar"/>
>> <jar src="lib/truezip-6.jar"/>
>> <executeclass
> name="com.traderoot.tools.artifact.installer.LicenseInstall">
>> <args>
>> <arg value="$trtLicense"/>
>> <arg
> value="$INSTALL_PATH/TradeRoot/Installations/"/>
>> <arg
> value="$INSTALL_PATH/TradeRoot/Repositories"/>
>> <arg value="Stack"/>
>> </args>
>> </executeclass>
>> </job>
>> </processing>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>>
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