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Posted to dev@uima.apache.org by Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com> on 2008/03/11 20:29:47 UTC
Eclipse plugin jar files
Hello,
do we have to unzip the runtime jar file to make it work with eclipse ?
I tried to build the Cas Editor but it failed because it could not
find the necessary classes inside the runtime plugin,
after I unzipped the runtime plugin file everything could be found.
Jörn
Re: Eclipse plugin jar files
Posted by Tong Fin <to...@gmail.com>.
The statement is at the "Unzipping JARs" section of (Eclipse Help):
Plug-in Development Environment Guide <../../../../../nav/4> >
Tools<../../../../../nav/4_1>> New
Project Creation
Wizards<../../../../../topic/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/project_wizards/new_project_wizards.htm>>
Plug-in From Existing JAR Archives
-Tong
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Marshall Schor <ms...@schor.com> wrote:
> Hi Tong,
>
> Can you post a URL or directions on how to find the article you
> reference from the Eclipse Help, below? I searched but didn't find it.
>
> -Marshall
>
> Tong Fin wrote:
> > I did more investigation about the problem mentioned by Jörn.
> >
> > If the UIMA runtime plugin is NOT unzipped, its exported classes, for
> > example Annotation class, are NOT visible to the projects in the
> Workspace.
> >
> > It looks like we need to package the "org.apache.uima.runtime" runtime
> > plugin as a folder (instead of as a Jar) since not all Eclipse's tools
> can
> > handle Jar inside Jar.
> >
> > The following is the statement from the Eclipse Helps about the
> packaging:
> >
> > Whether the JARs should be zipped or unzipped depends on how you want to
> > package the plug-in. If the plug-in is to be shipped as a single JAR -
> which
> > is the recommended format as of Eclipse 3.1 - the individual JAR
> archives
> > should be unzipped. If the plug-in is to be shipped as a flat directory,
> > then the individual JAR archives should be left intact.
> > -- Tong
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Tong Fin <to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hi Jorn,
> >> I did install the runtime plugin jar without unzipped and the CDE runs
> OK.
> >> I am using Eclipse 3.3.1.1.
> >>
> >> The recommended way for "Jar(s) inside Jar plugin" is to unzipped as
> you
> >> did to make it works. But, the way we build the Uima runtime plugin is
> not
> >> for unzipping.
> >>
> >> -- Tong
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> do we have to unzip the runtime jar file to make it work with eclipse
> ?
> >>>
> >>> I tried to build the Cas Editor but it failed because it could not
> >>> find the necessary classes inside the runtime plugin,
> >>> after I unzipped the runtime plugin file everything could be found.
> >>>
> >>> Jörn
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
Re: Eclipse plugin jar files
Posted by Marshall Schor <ms...@schor.com>.
Hi Tong,
Can you post a URL or directions on how to find the article you
reference from the Eclipse Help, below? I searched but didn't find it.
-Marshall
Tong Fin wrote:
> I did more investigation about the problem mentioned by Jörn.
>
> If the UIMA runtime plugin is NOT unzipped, its exported classes, for
> example Annotation class, are NOT visible to the projects in the Workspace.
>
> It looks like we need to package the "org.apache.uima.runtime" runtime
> plugin as a folder (instead of as a Jar) since not all Eclipse's tools can
> handle Jar inside Jar.
>
> The following is the statement from the Eclipse Helps about the packaging:
>
> Whether the JARs should be zipped or unzipped depends on how you want to
> package the plug-in. If the plug-in is to be shipped as a single JAR - which
> is the recommended format as of Eclipse 3.1 - the individual JAR archives
> should be unzipped. If the plug-in is to be shipped as a flat directory,
> then the individual JAR archives should be left intact.
> -- Tong
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Tong Fin <to...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Jorn,
>> I did install the runtime plugin jar without unzipped and the CDE runs OK.
>> I am using Eclipse 3.3.1.1.
>>
>> The recommended way for "Jar(s) inside Jar plugin" is to unzipped as you
>> did to make it works. But, the way we build the Uima runtime plugin is not
>> for unzipping.
>>
>> -- Tong
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> do we have to unzip the runtime jar file to make it work with eclipse ?
>>>
>>> I tried to build the Cas Editor but it failed because it could not
>>> find the necessary classes inside the runtime plugin,
>>> after I unzipped the runtime plugin file everything could be found.
>>>
>>> Jörn
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Re: Eclipse plugin jar files
Posted by Tong Fin <to...@gmail.com>.
I did more investigation about the problem mentioned by Jörn.
If the UIMA runtime plugin is NOT unzipped, its exported classes, for
example Annotation class, are NOT visible to the projects in the Workspace.
It looks like we need to package the "org.apache.uima.runtime" runtime
plugin as a folder (instead of as a Jar) since not all Eclipse's tools can
handle Jar inside Jar.
The following is the statement from the Eclipse Helps about the packaging:
Whether the JARs should be zipped or unzipped depends on how you want to
package the plug-in. If the plug-in is to be shipped as a single JAR - which
is the recommended format as of Eclipse 3.1 - the individual JAR archives
should be unzipped. If the plug-in is to be shipped as a flat directory,
then the individual JAR archives should be left intact.
-- Tong
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Tong Fin <to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jorn,
> I did install the runtime plugin jar without unzipped and the CDE runs OK.
> I am using Eclipse 3.3.1.1.
>
> The recommended way for "Jar(s) inside Jar plugin" is to unzipped as you
> did to make it works. But, the way we build the Uima runtime plugin is not
> for unzipping.
>
> -- Tong
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > do we have to unzip the runtime jar file to make it work with eclipse ?
> >
> > I tried to build the Cas Editor but it failed because it could not
> > find the necessary classes inside the runtime plugin,
> > after I unzipped the runtime plugin file everything could be found.
> >
> > Jörn
>
>
>
Re: Eclipse plugin jar files
Posted by Tong Fin <to...@gmail.com>.
Hi Jorn,
I did install the runtime plugin jar without unzipped and the CDE runs OK. I
am using Eclipse 3.3.1.1.
The recommended way for "Jar(s) inside Jar plugin" is to unzipped as you did
to make it works. But, the way we build the Uima runtime plugin is not for
unzipping.
-- Tong
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> do we have to unzip the runtime jar file to make it work with eclipse ?
>
> I tried to build the Cas Editor but it failed because it could not
> find the necessary classes inside the runtime plugin,
> after I unzipped the runtime plugin file everything could be found.
>
> Jörn
Re: Eclipse plugin jar files
Posted by Marshall Schor <ms...@schor.com>.
Jörn Kottmann wrote:
> Hi Marshall,
>
> if we package the plugins as jar eclipse tooling can not find
> classes inside the nested jars as Tong pointed out.
>
> I suggest that we ship the plugins as folder. The other option which I
> see is
> to ship them as jar, but with the nested jars unzipped.
>
> What do you think ?
I found an option in the maven-bundle-plugin for the <EmbedDependency>,
inline=true, which "unzips" the inner jars. So that's what I am using.
It appears to work :-)
I'll put in a Jira and commit the change.
-Marshall
Re: Eclipse plugin jar files
Posted by Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com>.
Hi Marshall,
if we package the plugins as jar eclipse tooling can not find
classes inside the nested jars as Tong pointed out.
I suggest that we ship the plugins as folder. The other option which I
see is
to ship them as jar, but with the nested jars unzipped.
What do you think ?
Jörn
Re: Eclipse plugin jar files
Posted by Marshall Schor <ms...@schor.com>.
Jörn Kottmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> do we have to unzip the runtime jar file to make it work with eclipse ?
It doesn't need to be unzipped to work with Eclipse, or to work with our
build (which now uses Apache Felix's maven-bundle-plugin). Most of the
Eclipse plugins now are packaged just this way - as one Jar.
-Marshall
>
>
> I tried to build the Cas Editor but it failed because it could not
> find the necessary classes inside the runtime plugin,
> after I unzipped the runtime plugin file everything could be found.
>
> Jörn