Jivespace: Message List - Problems with simple plugin

Re: Problems with simple plugin

alenhard@gmail.com — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:31:22 GMT

Forget it... problem solved.

Just read in a different thread that this here has to be considered in the path to the self defined ftl files:

plugins/[Name of my own plugin as defined in plugin.xml]/resources/Greetings.ftl

Seems like a feature

Re: Problems with simple plugin

alenhard@gmail.com — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:16:12 GMT

Ok,

I think I got the problems with my structure solved. Eclipse does not let you creat that folder so easily and save all the classes in there. So now I did that with ant and it worked like a charm. Also deploying is easier than doing this manually.

However now I ge this message when I start my plugin:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: Template /resources/Greetings.ftl not found

Below is an excerpt from my struts.xml. The Greetings file is in the jar under resources/Greetings.ftl

--------------------------------

<package name="example-actions" namespace="/" extends="community-actions">

        <action name="sayhello"
                class="com.ale.HelloWorldAction">
            <result name="success">/resources/Greetings.ftl</result>
        </action>
    </package>

-------------------------------

I do not really know what I am missing here...

Alistair

Re: Problems with simple plugin

alenhard@gmail.com — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:18:05 GMT

Hi,

thanks for your help so far.

Maybe I am not understanding right.

I do not really see any difference when I compare my project structure to the one that is documented under your link - except for that the folder that I use is not called classes.
When I add a folder called classes manually in there and put my package in it - I get the same error message as before.
I attached my jar file as a zip so that the structure that I use could easily be reproduced.I believe this will help to understand my problem.

Do you have a more specific hint what I could try to do? It is definitely something very simple. I am pretty sure.

Also when I upload as administrator it is stored under \my path\cache\plugins. Is that correct?

Looking forward to your answer.

Alistair

Re: Problems with simple plugin

communities@jivesoftware.com — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:50:12 GMT

Alistair - It looks like your plugin packing is a little off. For Clearspace plugins, compiled classes must live in <plugin root>/classes. Check out this doc more details: Building Plugins

Re: Problems with simple plugin

alenhard@gmail.com — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:07:42 GMT

1) Yes.

I see the plugin in the admin section and also where I installed it. It can be executed, but it does not do anything except give me this exception for the action.

2)Yes.

The class lives under com- please see the complete path on my server: C:\jiveHome\cache\plugins\simpleexamples\com

Thanks,

Alistair

Re: Problems with simple plugin

communities@jivesoftware.com — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:34:28 GMT

A couple of things to check:

1. Do you see your plugins under admin console -> system -> plugins?

2. Does your class live in /com/ SimpleAction.class ?

Problems with simple plugin

alenhard@gmail.com — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:09:54 GMT

Hello All,

I have an issue with a simple Plugin. It does not seem to find the action class. At least this is what the exception indicates. Maybe one of the pros could have a look at this and give me a hint where to look?

Stacktrace:

SCHWERWIEGEND: Servlet.service() for servlet default threw exception
Action class [com.SimpleAction] not found - action - file:///C:/jiveHome/cache/plugins/SimpleExamples/struts.xml:6:58
at com.jivesoftware.base.plugin.PluginConfigurationProvider.verifyAction(PluginConfigurationProvider.java:414)

I checked the struts.xml, but did not find that the paths would be incorrect. Maybe there is something simple that I overlooked?

Here my struts.xml:

<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">
<struts>
    <package name="example-actions" namespace="" extends="community-actions">
        
        <action name="sayhello" class="com.SimpleAction">
            
            <result name="success">/resources/Greetings.ftl</result>
        </action>
    </package>
</struts>

My Action class:

package com;

import com.jivesoftware.community.action.JiveActionSupport;

public class SimpleAction extends JiveActionSupport {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    private String message = "Hello World";

    public String getMessage() {
        return message;
    }

    public void setMessage(String message) {
        this.message = message;
    }
}

and my plugin.xml:

<plugin xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.jivesoftware.com/schemas/clearspace/2_5/plugin.xsd">
    <name>SimpleExamples</name>
    <description>Simple macro and plugin examples.</description>
    <author>Me</author>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <minServerVersion>1.3</minServerVersion>