[x3d-public] X3DJSAIL: command line option to force output directory creation

[Don Brutzman]

Am trying to get baseline functionality working first.  Then can add robustness such as checking directory paths, reporting problems with output-directory write permissions, etc.

Still feels close... just need to get "jar within a jar" working, long classpaths aren't friendly or portable.

On 9/11/2017 2:38 PM, John Carlson wrote:
> Try using JavaWS (web start) and a .jnlp file.  I am not sure of the status of these as I have not used them since Java 6.
> 
> Or you can create an uber jar.
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> There should be a way to include a jar in a jar, but it’s non-standard, custom code.
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> Or change the classpath, removing the usefulness of a single jar.
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> What you’ve got here is kind of  a random fix to a non-issue.   Did you address my issues with creating output folders?
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> Also, I am not sure what you are doing with the jar url with stylesheets, but I’m going to assume it works for now.
> 
> John
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> *From: *Don Brutzman <mailto:brutzman at nps.edu>
> *Sent: *Sunday, September 10, 2017 11:31 PM
> *To: *John Carlson <mailto:yottzumm at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *Roy Walmsley <mailto:roy.walmsley at ntlworld.com>; X3D Graphics public mailing list <mailto:x3d-public at web3d.org>
> *Subject: *Re: X3DJSAIL: command line option to force output directory creation
> 
> Hi John, getting closer... Have added a new CommandLine class and modified the
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> .jar files to handle command-line invocation.
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> http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/org/web3d/x3d/jsail/CommandLine.html
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> Latest build is still having trouble with visibility of saxon8he.jar within the
> 
> X3DJSAIL .jar.
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> $ pwd
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> $ /cygdrive/c/x3d-code/www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/java/examples
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> $ java -jar ../jars/X3DJSAIL.3.3.classes.jar
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> HelloWorldProgramOutput.Reloaded.x3d -classicVRML
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> parameter: -classicVRML for conversion to ClassicVRML encoding
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> HelloWorldProgramOutput.Reloaded.x3dv
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> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
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> net/sf/saxon/s9api/SaxonApiException
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>           at org.web3d.x3d.jsail.CommandLine.main(CommandLine.java:149)
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> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.sf.saxon.s9api.SaxonApiException
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>           at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
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>           at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
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>           at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
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>           at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
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>           ... 1 more
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> Have found that Class-Path within .jar is not able to handle internal paths.
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> Haven't found correct approach yet.  In this case, am trying to provide internal
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> visibility to saxon9he.jar which is within X3DJSAIL.3.3.classes.jar
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> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/downman.html
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> ===================================================================
> 
> Note: The Class-Path header points to classes or JAR files on the local network,
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> not JAR files within the JAR file or classes accessible over Internet protocols.
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> To load classes in JAR files within a JAR file into the class path, you must
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> write custom code to load those classes. For example, if MyJar.jar contains
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> another JAR file called MyUtils.jar, you cannot use the Class-Path header in
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> MyJar.jar's manifest to load classes in MyUtils.jar into the class path.
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> ===================================================================
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> On 9/1/2017 2:04 PM, John Carlson wrote:
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>  > Don,
> 
>  >
> 
>  > You may want to add an argument to X3DJSAIL app programs to allow the caller to
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>  > allow the argument handler to create output folders if they don’t already exist.
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>  > -f?  Or add it as a configuration property, if not already there.
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>  >
> 
>  > John
> 
> all the best, Don
> 
> -- 
> 
> Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
> 
> Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA   +1.831.656.2149
> 
> X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman
> 


all the best, Don
-- 
Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA   +1.831.656.2149
X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman