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1 -Java Client-WebStart Incremental Build
1 +Java Client-Incremental Build
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1 -There are many ways you can deploy WebObjects JavaClient applications. One of the ways to do it is through WebStart. You could manually create a WebStart app, but WebObjects can also do it for you, taking care of JNLP creation, jar organization, and many WebStart nasty bits.
1 +WOLips incremental builder will not automatically create the required jar of your client-side classes and place it in the project.woa/Contents/WebServerResources/Java/ directory as is required by a Java Client application.
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3 -There is a problem however. The WOLips incremental builder will not automatically create the required jar of your client-side classes and place it in the project.woa/Contents/WebServerResources/Java/ directory as is required by a WebObjects WebStart Java Client application.
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5 5  Without the client classes placed in WebServerResources, Eclipse's built-in Run... command will not work properly as the client application will not have access to its classes and WebObjects will silently fall-back to EOGenericRecord. This causes the confusing condition of the application launching and likely not generating any errors, but not working correctly either.
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7 7  Below are the steps for adding an additional "Ant Builder" to your project to generate and place the required jar in the right location.
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27 27   </target>
28 28   <target name="javaclient" depends="setProps">
29 29   <mkdir dir="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/WebServerResources/Java"/>
30 -
31 - <!-- project client-side classes -->
32 - <copy todir="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/WebServerResources/Java/">
33 - <fileset dir="${classes.dir}">
34 - <include name="**/client/**/*.class,**/common/**/*.class,**/BMGenericRecord.class"/>
35 - <exclude name="**/server/**/*.class"/>
36 - </fileset>
37 - </copy>
38 -
39 - <jar basedir="${classes.dir}"
40 - includes="**/client/**/*.class,**/common/**/*.class,**/BMGenericRecord.class"
41 - excludes="**/server/**/*.class"
28 + <jar basedir="${classes.dir}" includes="**/client/**/*.class,**/common/**/*.class"
42 42   jarfile="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/WebServerResources/Java/${project.name}.jar">
43 43   </jar>
44 -
45 - <!-- Launch Scripts and WOBootstrap.jar-->
46 - <mkdir dir="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/MacOS"/>
47 - <mkdir dir="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/UNIX"/>
48 - <mkdir dir="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/Windows"/>
49 -
50 - <copy file="/Library/Application Support/Apple/Developer Tools/WebObjects Support/UnixLaunch.sh"
51 - tofile="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/${project.name}"/>
52 - <chmod file="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/${project.name}" perm="ugo+rx"/>
53 - <copy file="/Library/Application Support/Apple/Developer Tools/WebObjects Support/WinLaunch.CMD"
54 - tofile="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/${project.name}.CMD"/>
55 - <copy file="/Library/Application Support/Apple/Developer Tools/WebObjects Support/WOBootstrap.jar"
56 - tofile="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/WOBootstrap.jar"/>
57 -
58 - <copy file="/Library/Application Support/Apple/Developer Tools/WebObjects Support/UnixLaunchClient.sh"
59 - tofile="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/MacOS/${project.name}_Client"/>
60 - <chmod file="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/MacOS/${project.name}_Client" perm="ugo+rx"/>
61 - <copy file="ClasspathClient.txt" tofile="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/MacOS/ClasspathClient.txt"/>
62 -
63 - <copy file="/Library/Application Support/Apple/Developer Tools/WebObjects Support/WinLaunch.CMD"
64 - tofile="build/${project.name}.woa/Contents/Windows/${project.name}.CMD"/>
65 -
66 66   </target>
67 67  </project>
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68 68  {{/code}}
69 69  
70 70  1. Right-Click on your project, and select Properties.