Package org.java.plugin.boot

This package contains helper classes to start/stop JPF based applications.

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Description

Interface Summary

Application	This is "marker" interface to abstract an application that may be started (and will stop itself upon user activity).
ApplicationInitializer	Interface to plug custom code into JPF based application boot procedure.
BootErrorHandler	Callback interface to handle boot-time application errors.
PluginsCollector	Interface to encapsulate logic for gathering information about available plug-ins locations.
ServiceApplication	This is "marker" interface to represent a service style application that may be started and stopped.
SplashHandler	Interface to control application splash screen.

Class Summary

ApplicationPlugin	This class is for "application" plug-ins - a JPF based program entry point.
Boot	Main class to get JPF based application running in different modes.
BootErrorHandlerConsole	Console out based error handler implementation, most suites good for non-interactive service-style applications.
BootErrorHandlerGui	Standard boot error handler for GUI applications.
DefaultApplicationInitializer	Default implementation of the application initializer interface.
DefaultPluginsCollector	Default implementation of plug-ins collector interface.
ErrorDialog	Helper class to display detailed message about application error.

Package org.java.plugin.boot Description

This package contains helper classes to start/stop JPF based applications.

The main class here is Boot that contains standard entry point for Java applications - method main(String[]). The implemented boot sequence is following:

• Load configuration from boot.properties file from the current directory. Default values are given from system properties.
• Instanciate ApplicationInitializer and BootErrorHandler using given configuration parameters.
• Call ApplicationInitializer.initApplication(org.java.plugin.boot.BootErrorHandler, String[]) method to get configured instance of Application interface.
• Call Application.startApplication() method to get application running.

For details and supported configuration parameters see documentation for corresponding classes.

Note that described scenario is quite common and can be customized and changed in any point providing other implementations of key classes.

For a list of available configuration parameters see documentation for the Boot (applicable to any scenario) and DefaultApplicationInitializer (applicable to scenario when this class being used) classes.