artisynth.core.driver

Class Launcher

java.lang.Object

artisynth.core.driver.Launcher

public class Launcher
extends java.lang.Object

Class to launch an Artisynth application. We use a launcher so that we can set-up our own class loader that references all the needed .jar files, as well as external class path entries (such as from other projects) as described in the file <USER_HOME>/ArtiSynthConfig/EXTCLASSPATH.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_MAIN_CLASS_NAME
static boolean	useJOGL2

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Launcher()
Launcher(java.lang.String mainClassName)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Object	dolaunch(java.lang.String[] args)
static java.lang.String[]	getExtFilePathNames(java.lang.String homeDirPath) Returns a list of the path names of the external jar files and class directories as specified in the file <USER_HOME>/ArtiSynthConfig/EXTCLASSPATH.
java.lang.Object	launch(java.lang.String[] args)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
static int	verifyLibraries(boolean update) Verifies or updates jar files and some native libraries, based on the contents of the file $ARTISYNTH_HOME/lib/LIBRARIES.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_MAIN_CLASS_NAME

public static java.lang.String DEFAULT_MAIN_CLASS_NAME

useJOGL2

public static final boolean useJOGL2

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Launcher

public Launcher(java.lang.String mainClassName)

Launcher

public Launcher()

Method Detail

launch

public java.lang.Object launch(java.lang.String[] args)

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

dolaunch

public static java.lang.Object dolaunch(java.lang.String[] args)

getExtFilePathNames

public static java.lang.String[] getExtFilePathNames(java.lang.String homeDirPath)

Returns a list of the path names of the external jar files and class directories as specified in the file <USER_HOME>/ArtiSynthConfig/EXTCLASSPATH.

verifyLibraries

public static int verifyLibraries(boolean update)

Verifies or updates jar files and some native libraries, based on the contents of the file $ARTISYNTH_HOME/lib/LIBRARIES.

Parameters:

update - if true, verifies that the libraries are up to date

Returns:

number of libraries actually downloaded, or -1 if an error was encountered