[izpack-users] Feature Request - Scripting Languages for custom actions

[Matthew Inger]

PS: Asn an FYI,  I've noticed as I'm working on this that the build script
is missing the "classpath-ext" attribute for the build-uninstaller-listener
macro.  Just something that should be there, and i've added it locally.

I am getting somewhere on this though it's very groovy specific, and not
very generic.  I'm not even sure how generic we could really make this given
that there's no real generic API prior to Java 6
for scripting.


On Dec 22, 2007 11:02 AM, Julien Ponge <julien.ponge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Matthew,
>
> > Is there any interest in this?
>
> Yes, supporting scripting languages is a very appealing feature (be
> it Groovy, Ruby or simply BeanShell). There are 2 things to consider
> in my opinion.
>
> 1. This must be optional when generating the installers as most Java
> dynamic languages runtimes weight at least 1-2Mb each.
>
> 2. I would favor an approach where scripts are referenced rather than
> included in XML CDATA constructs (think of IDE support for instance).
>
> Cheers
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