com.izforge.izpack.installer
Class InstallerBase

java.lang.Object
  com.izforge.izpack.installer.InstallerBase

Direct Known Subclasses:

AutomatedInstaller, GUIInstaller

public class InstallerBase
extends java.lang.Object

Common utility functions for the GUI and text installers. (Do not import swing/awt classes to this class.)

Author:

Jonathan Halliday, Julien Ponge

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String

LANG_FILE_NAME The base name of the XML file that specifies the custom langpack.

Constructor Summary

InstallerBase()

Method Summary

protected void	addCustomLangpack(AutomatedInstallData idata) Add the contents of a custom langpack (if exist) to the previos loaded comman langpack.
private java.lang.String	buildWindowsDefaultPath() Builds the default path for Windows (i.e Program Files/...).
private void	loadCustomData(AutomatedInstallData installdata) Loads custom data like listener and lib references if exist and fills the installdata.
void	loadInstallData(AutomatedInstallData installdata) Loads the installation data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

LANG_FILE_NAME

protected static final java.lang.String LANG_FILE_NAME

The base name of the XML file that specifies the custom langpack. Searched is for the file with the name expanded by _ISO3.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

InstallerBase

public InstallerBase()

Method Detail

loadInstallData

public void loadInstallData(AutomatedInstallData installdata)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Loads the installation data. Also sets environment variables to installdata. All system properties are available as $SYSTEM_ where is the actual name _BUT_ with all separators replaced by '_'. Properties with null values are never stored. Example: $SYSTEM_java_version or $SYSTEM_os_name

Parameters:

installdata - Where to store the installation data.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Description of the Exception

addCustomLangpack

protected void addCustomLangpack(AutomatedInstallData idata)

Add the contents of a custom langpack (if exist) to the previos loaded comman langpack. If not exist, trace an info and do nothing more.

Parameters:

idata - install data to be used

buildWindowsDefaultPath

private java.lang.String buildWindowsDefaultPath()

Builds the default path for Windows (i.e Program Files/...).

Returns:

The Windows default installation path.

loadCustomData

private void loadCustomData(AutomatedInstallData installdata)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Loads custom data like listener and lib references if exist and fills the installdata.

Parameters:

installdata - installdata into which the custom action data should be stored

Throws:

java.lang.Exception