See if any of these help you:
http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/tags/updatecenter
In any case, drop us an email (theaquarium_at_sun.com) when you have made
progress on the update center module for scales.
- eduard/o
Jason Lee wrote:
> Rajiv asked I could make a UC module for Scales (see link below), which
> was already on my to do list, but, given his inquiry, I've bumped it up.
> :) At any rate, I'm trying to find some documentation on how to go
> about that, and all I've found so far is this
>
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/manveen/archive/2007/06/creating_a_glas_1.html
>
> and Alexis' entry here
>
> http://blogs.sun.com/alexismp/entry/using_the_glassfish_update_center
>
> Neither of these, though, show the detailed mechanics of going about
> building the module, so I'm going to describe how I *think* this should
> work, and, hopefully, someone can correct my errors and/or fill in some
> holes.
>
> Since I am wanting to install an addon library, I'll need to set the
> Module-Type to ADDON_INSTALLER, and implement
> com.sun.appserv.addons.Installer. It's here that things get a little
> vague. In my implementation class, the UC will call my install() method
> and pass in an InstallationContext, from which I'll get a File that
> points to the installation directory. Using that File, I'll copy the
> required files required by Scales. Everything OK so far? :)
>
> The question, then, is how do these modules usually work? That is, what
> is the recommended practice. Do I bundle the JARs in the module
> archive? Do I download them from the internet? Is there a third option
> I'm missing?
>
> Is there an expert around to field questions on this?
>
> Thanks! :)
>
> --
> Jason Lee, SCJP
> Software Architect -- Objectstream, Inc.
> Mojarra and Mojarra Scales Dev Team
> https://mojarra.dev.java.net
> https://scales.dev.java.net
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