Can Web Start reference resources other than jars?

[Robert M. Gary]

In the resources section of your jnlp file it appears you can only
reference jars? Can you not include icons used internally by the
application, resource bundles (properties files for nationalization),
etc? Do you have to put everything in jars?

-Roberet

 

[Mark Thornton]

In the resources section of your jnlp file it appears you can only
reference jars? Can you not include icons used internally by the
application, resource bundles (properties files for nationalization),
etc? Do you have to put everything in jars?

-Roberet

Yes you have to put everything in jars (which can then be signed). What
is the problem? It isn't hard to do.

Mark Thornton

 

[Andrew Thompson]

No. You don't - Ant does. Write a script and
'forget about it'.

Yes you have to put everything in jars (which can then be signed). What
is the problem? It isn't hard to do.

While the types of application specific
resources the OP refers to would normally
be (in the case of internationalization, I
would raise that to 'have to be') jar'd and
added to the resources section of the JNLP,
web start apps. (just like desktop apps.)
can retrieve resources for any resources
(I am thiniking, most typically - media)
for which they can form an URL. If the
resource originates from a different domain,
the user will be prompted if they want to
allow it (no prompt in an 'all-permissions'
JWS app.)

Here is an example - the Image Fader launch
files get their images from firstly the
'home' server, and then two other servers.
<http://www.knutejohnson.com/>