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Re: How to Push NetBeans Plugins Silently to End Users?
Hi all,
I have put the code with an example "Installer extends ModuleInstall" here:
https://gist.github.com/phipma/c1fd613a3ef455d748998b0055ca7c71
I hope it is useful.
Thanks
Mark
On 23/12/2018 08:44, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Would be great if you’d blog or document somehow how you did this,
> could be useful for many others.
>
> Gj
>
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 14:57, Mark Phipps <mark.phipps@sucfin.com
> <ma...@sucfin.com>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Emilian, I was able to use that class as the outline of an
> auto-updater-and-restarter mechanism in my client.
>
> I am not really sure what is going on inside all of the
> InstallSupport, OperationContainer and UpdateElement stuff, but I
> now have effectively the same behaviour as the Java Web Start
> application which my Platform client is ultimately replacing.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>
> On 12/12/18 19:40, Emilian Bold wrote:
>> That UpdateHandler seems to be the right thing.
>>
>> Making a rolling release Platform app sounds the kind of use case
>> we should support out of the box (maybe even for the IDE?)
>>
>> I haven't looked much into this (other that using that class you
>> found) but there are some odd corner cases too study: I remember
>> I had an app kinda looping after I killed it right before it
>> wanted to restart for the auto-update. Worked rather flawlessly
>> other than that though, so don't worry too much about it.
>>
>> --emi
>>
>> http://coolbeans.xyz/ - CoolBeans: An IDE for Java, JavaEE, PHP
>> and more!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 7:26 PM Mark Phipps
>> <mark.phipps@sucfin.com <ma...@sucfin.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am keen to follow the way of "pushing" updates to my NB
>> platform app, that Geertjan and Jiri Rechtacek described a
>> few years ago, in their blog posts and which is referred to
>> in several other places.
>>
>> https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/how-to-push-netbeans-plugins-silently-to-end-users
>>
>> https://www.pellissier.co.za/hermien/?p=496
>>
>> However Jiri's blogpost with details of his plugin and
>> technique seems to have disappeared. Can anyone point me to
>> where I can find that plugin or details/example code to make
>> this happen?
>>
>> Searching for Jiri himself, I came across the WakaTime
>> netbeans plugin - is this the same/similar thing?
>> https://github.com/wakatime/netbeans-wakatime/blob/master/src/org/wakatime/netbeans/plugin/UpdateHandler.java
>>
>> Any help is much appreciated
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark
>>
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Re: How to Push NetBeans Plugins Silently to End Users?
Posted by Geertjan Wielenga <ge...@googlemail.com.INVALID>.
Very cool, thanks!
Gj
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 12:31 PM Mark Phipps <ma...@sucfin.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have put the code with an example "Installer extends ModuleInstall" here:
>
> https://gist.github.com/phipma/c1fd613a3ef455d748998b0055ca7c71
>
> I hope it is useful.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
> On 23/12/2018 08:44, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Would be great if you’d blog or document somehow how you did this, could
> be useful for many others.
>
> Gj
>
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 14:57, Mark Phipps <ma...@sucfin.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Emilian, I was able to use that class as the outline of an
>> auto-updater-and-restarter mechanism in my client.
>>
>> I am not really sure what is going on inside all of the InstallSupport,
>> OperationContainer and UpdateElement stuff, but I now have effectively the
>> same behaviour as the Java Web Start application which my Platform client
>> is ultimately replacing.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark
>> On 12/12/18 19:40, Emilian Bold wrote:
>>
>> That UpdateHandler seems to be the right thing.
>>
>> Making a rolling release Platform app sounds the kind of use case we
>> should support out of the box (maybe even for the IDE?)
>>
>> I haven't looked much into this (other that using that class you found)
>> but there are some odd corner cases too study: I remember I had an app
>> kinda looping after I killed it right before it wanted to restart for the
>> auto-update. Worked rather flawlessly other than that though, so don't
>> worry too much about it.
>>
>> --emi
>>
>> http://coolbeans.xyz/ - CoolBeans: An IDE for Java, JavaEE, PHP and more!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 7:26 PM Mark Phipps <ma...@sucfin.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am keen to follow the way of "pushing" updates to my NB platform app,
>>> that Geertjan and Jiri Rechtacek described a few years ago, in their blog
>>> posts and which is referred to in several other places.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/how-to-push-netbeans-plugins-silently-to-end-users
>>>
>>> https://www.pellissier.co.za/hermien/?p=496
>>>
>>> However Jiri's blogpost with details of his plugin and technique seems
>>> to have disappeared. Can anyone point me to where I can find that plugin or
>>> details/example code to make this happen?
>>>
>>> Searching for Jiri himself, I came across the WakaTime netbeans plugin -
>>> is this the same/similar thing?
>>> https://github.com/wakatime/netbeans-wakatime/blob/master/src/org/wakatime/netbeans/plugin/UpdateHandler.java
>>>
>>> Any help is much appreciated
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> *Mark Phipps |* Front Office Development Manager
>>> *Sucden Financial Limited |* Plantation Place South *|* 60 Great Tower
>>> Street
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=60%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++Great+Tower+Street+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++%7C%C2%A0+London%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++EC3R+5AZ&entry=gmail&source=g>*
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=60%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++Great+Tower+Street+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++%7C%C2%A0+London%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++EC3R+5AZ&entry=gmail&source=g>**|
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=60%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++Great+Tower+Street+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++%7C%C2%A0+London%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++EC3R+5AZ&entry=gmail&source=g>*London
>>> EC3R 5AZ
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=60%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++Great+Tower+Street+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++%7C%C2%A0+London%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++EC3R+5AZ&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>
>>> *Telephone (DDI): *+44 (0)20 3207 5140* | Switchboard:* +44 (0)20 3207
>>> 5000
>>> *Email: *mark.phipps@sucfin.com | *Website:* www.sucdenfinancial.com
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Description: signature20170705.jpg]
>>> <http://www.sucdenfinancial.com/en>
>>>
>>> Twitter <https://twitter.com/SucdenFinancial> | LinkedIn
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/sucden-financial-limited>
>>>
>>> www.sucdenfinancial.com
>>>
>>> Sucden Financial Limited, Plantation Place South, 60 Great Tower
>>> Street, London EC3R 5AZ
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=60+Great%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++++Tower+Street,+London+EC3R+5AZ&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> Telephone +44 203 207 5000
>>>
>>> Registered in England no. 1095841
>>> VAT registration no. GB 446 9061 33
>>>
>>> Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and
>>> entered in the FCA register under no. 114239
>>>
>>> This email, including any files transmitted with it, is confidential and
>>> may be privileged. It may be read, copied and used only by the intended
>>> recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please
>>> notify *postmaster@sucfin.com <po...@sucfin.com>* immediately and
>>> delete it from your computer system.
>>>
>>> We believe, but do not warrant, that this email and its attachments are
>>> virus-free, but you should check.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sucden Financial Limited may monitor traffic data of both business and
>>> personal emails. By replying to this email, you consent to Sucden
>>> Financial's monitoring the content of any emails you send to or receive
>>> from Sucden Financial. Sucden Financial is not liable for any opinions
>>> expressed by the sender where this is a non-business email.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The contents of this e-mail do not constitute advice and should not be
>>> regarded as a recommendation to buy, sell or otherwise deal with any
>>> particular investment.Where any trade ideas are made by an employee of
>>> Sucden Financial in an electronic communication, these are made
>>> incidentally to your dealing relationship with us and are provided solely
>>> to enable you to make your own investment decisions and do not amount to
>>> advice. Please note that the employee may have had many, varied trade ideas
>>> over the past 12 months, including contrary ideas. Any trade ideas are
>>> solely based on the employee’s market knowledge and experience and may not
>>> be tailored to your specific circumstances or investment objectives. Please
>>> contact the employee who made the trade idea if you would like to see any
>>> of his/her trade ideas made in the previous 12 months for comparative
>>> purposes. Please visit our website to view our full risk warnings and
>>> disclaimers: www.sucdenfinancial.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This message has been scanned for viruses by Mimecast
>>> <http://www.mimecast.com/>
>>>
>>
>>