yeah, it's a little more complex. your way is fine as well. maybe you should point out where the developer can find/download the needed jar file?!.. ede
On 08.06.2020 13:31, Giuseppe Aruta wrote: > Hi Ede, I tried in this way but it doesn't work for me. I had a some > exceptions even within try/catch blocks. > I will use the option to save a howto_compile.txt file into src folder > Peppe > > Il giorno gio 4 giu 2020 alle ore 12:05 <edgar.sol...@web.de > <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de>> ha scritto: > > On 04.06.2020 10:19, Giuseppe Aruta wrote: > > Indeed I was planning this way: from user's point of view there is no > difference. > > yup. exactly my point. > > > On the other hand, I was thinking about developers who have a project > in their eclipse connected to svn (or not) and have a warning that a library > is missing whenever they want to compile (right now, a very rare situation) > > this would be solved via reflection meaning instantiating classes from a > string name and running methods derived from string names as well e.g. like > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3574065/instantiate-a-class-object-with-constructor-that-accepts-a-string-parameter > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1782598/with-java-reflection-how-to-instantiate-a-new-object-then-call-a-method-on-it > > so in your case (just written, down not compiled) roughly > > Class<?> cl = Class.forName("com.cadplan.jump.utils.LoadSymbolFiles"); > // find constructor with the context argument > Constructor<?> cons = cl.getConstructor(WorkbenchContext.class); > // this is your instance > Object o = cons.newInstance(context); > // find & run the method > Method method = cl.getDeclaredMethod("start"); > method.invoke(o); > > this way the classes accessed do not have to be present during compile > but only during runtime. this may throw a lot of exceptions, so make sure to > catch them properly, easiest with one catches all. > > > I can add a readme text file on SVN>CAD plugin>dist folder explaining > that VertexSymbol.jar library is required to compile > > better put a howto_compile.txt or such in the src folder ;) where devs > will stumble over it. > > > Best regards > > Peppe > > ditto.. sunny regards from rainy germany, ede > > > > > > > Il giorno mer 3 giu 2020 alle ore 22:20 <edgar.sol...@web.de > <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de> <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de > <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de>>> ha scritto: > > > > On 03.06.2020 17:32, Giuseppe Aruta wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I want to add VertexSymbolsXXX.jar as depency to CAD plugin. > > > This is the reason: > > > Currently, whenever the user saves a new block (CAD > toolbar>Block>Save > > > geometry as block) as file, this can be used also as a point/line > symbol > > > for styling. But, to do that, the user needs to close/restart > again OJ. > > > Adding this dependency and using a few lines of code, a new block > will be > > > automatically available as a symbol without restarting OpenJUMP. > > > I would like your opinion before to to this change > > > > could you explain why you want to make it a dependency rather than > just detecting if the other extension is installed and run some code only > when it is detected? > > > > ..ede > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > <mailto:Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
