The Installer is written in Java. It presented to the end user via an ant script with three "targets":
install
– This is used to install and update (calls install-nocopy).install-nocopy
– Used primarily on Windows but available on all platforms. It does an install or upgrade on a "populated" build environment (calls build-war)build-war
– Rebuilds the war file for an existing install.The ant script combines these appropriately
These targets prompt for user input, with it being possible to use properties to provide values - ultimately allowing for an unattended install.
However it is quite possible to write Java code control the installation operation.
The main point of extension is the InstallerProperties interface and the concrete (and extendable) InstallerPropertiesImpl class. This encapsulates everything about the install and the shipped implementation consults properties or the user in the same way that the current ant based build does. It is extremely likely that InstallerProperties will be extended during the life of V4 with suitable default methods. For instance slip-streaming in a case such as would be done this way.
The classes which do the work of the install are
The install-nocopy
target implemented by calling V4Install
and then BuildWar
. The install
target is implemented by calling all three.
These are also API classes, but they are "locked down" and not suitable for extension:
final
execute()
The idea is that these functions may be called, but not extended. This gives us room to make more changes to their implementation during the life of V4.
The support classes are not intended for extension without the Shibboleth project and are all marked final. Where made possible by the rest of our code base their methods are marked protected. The classes are:
The V4Install class also has a method setMetadataGenerator(MetadataGenerator)
where MetadataGenerator is a public interface with three methods
setOutput(@Nonnull File where)
which sets where the file is to be generated.setParameters(@Nonnull final MetadataGeneratorParameters what)
which sets the parameters from which the metadata may be generatedgenerate()
to write the metadata fileThe setMetadataGenerator
method is defaulted suitably.
The installation process will call initialize on any injected MetadataGenerator after setting the output and the parameters. |
You can implement your own metadata generation by implementing a MetadataGenerator and installing it appropriately.
PropertyDrivenInstallation is an easier way to affect much if the installation behavior.