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Posted to dev@ofbiz.apache.org by Jacopo Cappellato <ti...@sastau.it> on 2007/05/01 14:26:53 UTC
Re: Can we remove the MinML2.jar file?
David, all,
please see my comments inline:
David E. Jones wrote:
>
> We have a lot of libraries in OFBiz, and it's a pretty major effort to
> keep them all updated but certainly something we need and want to do.
>
> Sometimes it is hard to test the updated library, and that is the case
> with itext since most of the stuff that uses it is buried in things like
> the CompDoc stuff in the Content Manager and running through a test
> scenario to use itext to combine PDF documents is somewhat involved. In
> these circumstances we can kind of go either way, either:
>
> 1. leave the old version so that it will more likely work the next time
> someone uses it
> 2. update to the latest version so that new things and things in general
> will more likely work, and version dependencies between libraries in
> OFBiz won't as likely become a problem
>
I've searched for the string "lowagie" (part of the package name for the
classes in the iText jar) and the only classes that are using them are:
org.ofbiz.content.compdoc.CompDocServices
org.ofbiz.content.survey.SurveyServices
They both compile fine with the new upgraded iText jar but I don't know
how to test them.
Could you please give me any pointers?
I'd like to verify if they run properly with the new jar and also try to
remove the MinML2.jar file...
Thanks,
Jacopo
> So, for this one they both have pluses and minuses. The best thing is to
> update and test everything that uses it, but that takes a lot of time
> and effort (both finding everything that uses it, and running the tests).
>
> In other words, it's up to you, I'm fine with either way and somewhat
> favor #2...
>
> -David
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>
>> And now I'm also running the latest itext-2.0.1.jar instead of the
>> older version in the trunk (itext-1.3.6.jar) and everything seems good.
>> Should we plan to update also the iText jar?
>>
>> Jacopo
>>
>> Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>> David,
>>> yeah dependencies can be a nightmare... and maybe we should even try
>>> to document them in some way somewhere.
>>> However, PDF are printing fine even without the MinML2.jar and so
>>> possibly the jar was needed by an older version of iText.
>>> What do you think?
>>> Jacopo
>>> David E. Jones wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Weeding out jar files is a tricky business... that one, for example,
>>>> is used by itext if I remember right and is a runtime dependency.
>>>> Removing it would cause problems for certain things.
>>>>
>>>> -David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:37 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> After removing the framwork/webapp/lib/MinML2.jar file I could
>>>>> build and run succesfully OFBiz.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can we remove it? For what is it used that jar?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jacopo
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Can we remove the MinML2.jar file?
Posted by Jacopo Cappellato <ti...@sastau.it>.
By the way I've finally tracked down digging in the commit logs (from
sourceforge!) from where the MinML2.jar file came.
It was in the Datavision distribution.
I'm adding this runtime dependency to the page:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Libraries+Included+in+OFBiz
and I will upgrade soon iText to the latest version.
Is it ok?
Jacopo
Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
> David,
>
> testing the following link is the same?
>
> https://demo.hotwaxmedia.com/content/control/GenContentPdf?contentId=CDI1103&caSequenceNum=30
>
>
> I'm having some problems (caused by my lack of knowledge on the content
> component) setting up what you have described.
>
> Jacopo
>
> David E. Jones wrote:
>>
>> I'm pretty sure iText (or something) depended on MinML2 even though I
>> don't believe anything in OFBiz uses it directly.
>>
>> To test it the easiest thing is probably to create a CompDoc Template
>> with 2 PDF place holders, then create an instance of that CompDoc and
>> upload 2 PDFs, then have it generate the combined PDF. That will use
>> iText to create the combined output file.
>>
>> -David
>>
>
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Re: Can we remove the MinML2.jar file?
Posted by "David E. Jones" <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Yeah, something like that. I noticed you put in the new version of
iText, and that's great. I don't know if the demo.hwm.com server
refreshed this morning before or after that, but if it worked in your
local tests then we should be good.
-David
On May 2, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
> David,
>
> testing the following link is the same?
>
> https://demo.hotwaxmedia.com/content/control/GenContentPdf?
> contentId=CDI1103&caSequenceNum=30
>
> I'm having some problems (caused by my lack of knowledge on the
> content component) setting up what you have described.
>
> Jacopo
>
> David E. Jones wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure iText (or something) depended on MinML2 even
>> though I don't believe anything in OFBiz uses it directly.
>> To test it the easiest thing is probably to create a CompDoc
>> Template with 2 PDF place holders, then create an instance of that
>> CompDoc and upload 2 PDFs, then have it generate the combined PDF.
>> That will use iText to create the combined output file.
>> -David
>
>
Re: Can we remove the MinML2.jar file?
Posted by Jacopo Cappellato <ti...@sastau.it>.
David,
testing the following link is the same?
https://demo.hotwaxmedia.com/content/control/GenContentPdf?contentId=CDI1103&caSequenceNum=30
I'm having some problems (caused by my lack of knowledge on the content
component) setting up what you have described.
Jacopo
David E. Jones wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure iText (or something) depended on MinML2 even though I
> don't believe anything in OFBiz uses it directly.
>
> To test it the easiest thing is probably to create a CompDoc Template
> with 2 PDF place holders, then create an instance of that CompDoc and
> upload 2 PDFs, then have it generate the combined PDF. That will use
> iText to create the combined output file.
>
> -David
>
Re: Can we remove the MinML2.jar file?
Posted by "David E. Jones" <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
I'm pretty sure iText (or something) depended on MinML2 even though I
don't believe anything in OFBiz uses it directly.
To test it the easiest thing is probably to create a CompDoc Template
with 2 PDF place holders, then create an instance of that CompDoc and
upload 2 PDFs, then have it generate the combined PDF. That will use
iText to create the combined output file.
-David
On May 1, 2007, at 6:26 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
> David, all,
>
> please see my comments inline:
>
> David E. Jones wrote:
>> We have a lot of libraries in OFBiz, and it's a pretty major
>> effort to keep them all updated but certainly something we need
>> and want to do.
>> Sometimes it is hard to test the updated library, and that is the
>> case with itext since most of the stuff that uses it is buried in
>> things like the CompDoc stuff in the Content Manager and running
>> through a test scenario to use itext to combine PDF documents is
>> somewhat involved. In these circumstances we can kind of go either
>> way, either:
>> 1. leave the old version so that it will more likely work the next
>> time someone uses it
>> 2. update to the latest version so that new things and things in
>> general will more likely work, and version dependencies between
>> libraries in OFBiz won't as likely become a problem
>
> I've searched for the string "lowagie" (part of the package name
> for the classes in the iText jar) and the only classes that are
> using them are:
>
> org.ofbiz.content.compdoc.CompDocServices
> org.ofbiz.content.survey.SurveyServices
>
> They both compile fine with the new upgraded iText jar but I don't
> know how to test them.
> Could you please give me any pointers?
> I'd like to verify if they run properly with the new jar and also
> try to remove the MinML2.jar file...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacopo
>
>
>> So, for this one they both have pluses and minuses. The best thing
>> is to update and test everything that uses it, but that takes a
>> lot of time and effort (both finding everything that uses it, and
>> running the tests).
>> In other words, it's up to you, I'm fine with either way and
>> somewhat favor #2...
>> -David
>> On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>> And now I'm also running the latest itext-2.0.1.jar instead of
>>> the older version in the trunk (itext-1.3.6.jar) and everything
>>> seems good.
>>> Should we plan to update also the iText jar?
>>>
>>> Jacopo
>>>
>>> Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>>> David,
>>>> yeah dependencies can be a nightmare... and maybe we should even
>>>> try to document them in some way somewhere.
>>>> However, PDF are printing fine even without the MinML2.jar and
>>>> so possibly the jar was needed by an older version of iText.
>>>> What do you think?
>>>> Jacopo
>>>> David E. Jones wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Weeding out jar files is a tricky business... that one, for
>>>>> example, is used by itext if I remember right and is a runtime
>>>>> dependency. Removing it would cause problems for certain things.
>>>>>
>>>>> -David
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:37 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> After removing the framwork/webapp/lib/MinML2.jar file I could
>>>>>> build and run succesfully OFBiz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can we remove it? For what is it used that jar?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jacopo
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>