[opencms-dev] Add new resources type ??? (bis)

[Vincent Hanniet]

opencms-mailing at astron.biz wrote:
> Vincent,
> 
> Of course, I start from scratch each time.
> For the moment I have imported the opencms sources in my WSAD.
> I delete the webapps in Tomcat
> I delete the mysql database
> I make my modif, generate and deploy a new war file from my WSAD
> I restart Tomcat
> I make the ocsetup again
> 
> So a long process after each modification.
> It is why I am disapointed, and I will forget this product If I do not find
> any help on it.
OK. Maybe you can try another way :
* Get the "light" binary for OpenCms 5.0.1 directly from opencms.org
* Install opencms.war from Tomcat (4.1.27 is the version I use too)
* Replace xercesImpl.jar by xerces-1_4_4.jar

Here you have a clean install. From here, wathever you do in the scope 
of your new type change, you don't have to install OpenCms again.

Now you can create two modules (with all default options) :
* com.opencms.file
* com.opencms.workplace

Then you can upload your CmsResourceTypetechmanDetail.class in 
/system/modules/com.opencms.file/classes/com/opencms/file, and 
CmsNewResourcetechmanDetail.class in 
/system/modules/com.opencms.workplace/classes/com/opencms/workplace.
Publish these two files. You can check that they are correctly published 
:  you must find them in 
webapps/opencms/WEB-INF/classes/com/opencms/file (..../workplace).

Put your file techmanDetail in /system/workplace/restypes.
Update the registry.xml file with the declaration for your new type.
Restart Tomcat.

As you see, to upgrade the "core" classes for your new type, you will 
not have to install OpenCms again. You can manage upgrades just with the 
  module mechanism and/or uploading the classes into the right folders.

> For additionalresources, I must select org.opencms.default
> For the value I can enter: C:\Program
> Files\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27\webapps\opencms\WEB-INF\ocsetup\vfs\system\workp
> lace\restypes\techmanDetail
> And type is string
Here you have to create your own module, eg : com.techman.detail. Then 
put your file techmanDetail into /system/workplace/restypes. Then enter 
"/system/workplace/restypes/techmanDetail" into the field "Value" for 
the property "additionalresources".
You can "export" your module : it goes under 
webapps/opencms.WEB-INF/export/modules and is named 
com.techman.detail.zip. This zip file may be upload from the Module 
Management of another opencms install. If you want to try this, don't 
forget to export/upload also the two others modules : com.opencms.file 
and com.opencms.workplace as the three modules are needed.

Tell me if it works at last !
Vincent