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Configurable autoupdate site url in maven platform app

Hi all,

I am building a multi-branded nb platform application with maven and I
want to parameterize the location of my auto update site, but I cannot
find a way to get the check-for-updates mechanism to work, unless I have
the autoupdate url hard coded in the branding module's layer.xml file as
below:

Is there another way of setting this attribute? I have tried different
combinations of nbm maven plugin parameters like distributionUrl and
distBase, but once the application is installed and running, it won't
do the check-for-updates unless it was built originally with the url
specified in the layer.xml.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

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Re: Configurable autoupdate site url in maven platform app

Posted by Mark Phipps <ma...@sucfin.com>.

After much head-scratching, searching and attempts at implementing my 
own UpdateProvider, I eventually came across 
org.netbeans.api.autoupdate.UpdateUnitProviderFactory class which does 
the necessary work to subscribe to a new update centre, the URL of which 
can be parameterized as I need.

On 2018/08/28 16:57:14, Mark Phipps <m....@sucfin.com> wrote:
 > Hi all,>
 >
 > I am building a multi-branded nb platform application with maven and I >
 > want to parameterize the location of my auto update site, but I cannot >
 > find a way to get the check-for-updates mechanism to work, unless I 
have >
 > the autoupdate url hard coded in the branding module's layer.xml file 
as >
 > below:>
 >
 >  <folder name="Services">>
 >         <folder name="AutoupdateType">>
 >             <file name="update_center.instance">>
 >                 <attr name="displayName" stringvalue="Update Center"/>>
 >                 <attr name="enabled" boolvalue="true"/>>
 >                 <attr name="instanceCreate" >
 > 
methodvalue="org.netbeans.modules.autoupdate.updateprovider.AutoupdateCatalogFactory.createUpdateProvider"/>> 

 >                 <attr name="instanceOf" >
 > stringvalue="org.netbeans.spi.autoupdate.UpdateProvider"/>>
 > *               <attr name="url" >
 > urlvalue="http://starinternal/twinkledev/updates.xml"/>*>
 >             </file>>
 >         </folder>>
 >     </folder>>
 >
 > Is there another way of setting this attribute? I have tried different >
 > combinations of nbm maven plugin parameters like distributionUrl and >
 > distBase, but once the application is installed and running, it won't >
 > do the check-for-updates unless it was built originally with the url >
 > specified in the layer.xml.>
 >
 > Any help much appreciated.>
 >
 > Thanks>
 >
 > Mark>
 >
 >
 >
 > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/sucden-financial-limited>>
 >
 > www.sucdenfinancial.com>
 >
 > Sucden Financial Limited, Plantation Place South, 60 Great Tower 
Street, London EC3R 5AZ>
 > 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 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.>
 >

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