Packing as a Jar

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Packing as a Jar




Jar Files

Packing a component as a Jar file will make it easy to deployment. This article demonstrates the steps and requirements of it.


  • Requirements of a component Jar
    Configurations
    Component classes
    Widget Resources
    Static Resources

what do they look like , example from zul.jar Jar File summary.jpg

Configurations

File Structure

  • /META-INF/
    • MANIFEST.MF
  • /metainfo/
    • mesg/
      • msg<jar name>.properties(optional)
      • msg<jar name>_<locale>.properties (optional ...)
    • xml/
      • <component-name>.xsd (optional)
    • zk/
      • lang.xml (optional)
      • lang-addon.xml (optional)

File descriptions

  • /META-INF/
    • MANIFEST.MF
      • The file for jar defino
  • /metainfo/
    • mesg/
      • msg<jar name>.properties
        • These files are i18n resource files,you can define with the locale you want , the default file is msg<jar name>.properties.
          ZK Internationalization
    • xml/
      • <jar-name>.xsd
        • The xml schema for component tags in zul
    • tld
      • config.xml
        • For taglibs definition. (ex. zweb.jar use this for dsp.)
    • zk/
      • lang-addon.xml
        • The language add-on define components , and it defined the component classes, javascript widget/mold/css.
          it should contains At least one lang.xml or lang-addon.xml usually you will need a lang-addon.xml .
      • lang.xml

The example from zul.jar Jar File configuration1.jpg

Component classes

File Structure

  • /package-folder
    • classes


File descriptions

  • The java classes of component. just like normal jar file.

The example from zul.jar Jar File component1.jpg

Widget Resources

File Structure

  • /web/
    • js/
      • component-package/
        • mold/
          • <widget-mold-js-file>
        • css/
          • <widget-css-dsp-file> (optional)
          • <widget-css-file> (optional)
        • <widget-class-js-file>
        • /zk.wpd

File descriptions

  • /web/
    • js/
      • <component-package>/
        • mold/
          • <widget-mold-js-file> (ex. simple-label.js )
            • Widget mold file , you can write widget's html with javascript function here.
        • css/
          • <widget-css-dsp-file> (ex. simple-label.css.dsp )
            • The css dsp files ,in the dsp you can use some variable with zk enviroment to write it.
          • <widget-css-file> (ex. simple-label.css )
            • the pure css files.
        • <widget-class-file> (ex. Simple-label.js)
          • The widget class you write .
        • zk.wpd
          • Define your component's package and widgets here, and the dependency with other package.


Example for box from zul.jar Jar File widget1.jpg

Static Resources

File Structure

  • /web/
    • <component-package> / (optional)
      • css /(optional)
        • <css files>(optional)
        • zk.wcs(optional)
      • img /(optional)
        • <img files>(optional)

File descriptions

  • /web/
    • <component-package>/
      • css/
        • <css files>
          • For some static css file you might need.
        • zk.wcs
          • Let you can config the CSS file for particular language
      • img/
        • <img files>
          • This is a folder for some image files , and you can access them in xxx.css.dsp files through ${c:encodeURL('~./img/<component-package>/xxx.png')}

Example from zul.jar

Jar File static resources1.jpg




Last Update : 2011/08/11

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