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Class com.sun.install.nodes.CustomNode

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.awt.Component
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           +----java.awt.Container
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                   +----java.awt.Panel
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                           +----com.sun.wizards.core.WizardComponent
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                                   +----com.sun.wizards.core.WizardComposite
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                                           +----com.sun.wizards.nodes.SkipNode
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                                                   +----com.sun.install.nodes.CustomNode

public class CustomNode

extends SkipNode

In order to connect multiple wizard archives at runtime, they must be specified at buildtime using a relative path from the CD-level archive using the addChild() method of the root Wizard state at buildtime. The InstallArchiveWriter class can do this for you via the addWizard() method. The relative path you specify at buildtime is searched at runtime to find the wizard.

During initialization, the product-level wizard archives are located and connected to the main archive if they are found. The subtrees in the secondary archive must bear the same name as this custom node if it is to be attached as a child of this node. In addition, the subtree must be a child of the root of the child client panel in order for it to be found.

At runtime, the secondary archive is located and decompressed. It is then available to the wizard system as a child of the primary archive. Finally, when this CustomNode is encountered, it will then attach the client-side subtree from the secondary archive to the primary tree, and advance into the newly-added subtree.

Read the Web Start SDK User's Guide for more information about creating a hierarchical installation.

See Also:

addWizard, addChild

CustomNode()

Creates a CustomNode with a route to the root of the server object tree.

CustomNode(String, Route, WizardTreeManager)

Creates a CustomNode with the specified name, the specified route and wizard manager.

CustomNode(WizardState, String, String)

Creates a CustomNode with the specified wizard state and name.

addRuntimeResources(Vector)

Set the runtime classes required by this panel.

setCustomProducts(Vector)

Set the list of custom products.

 public CustomNode()

Creates a CustomNode with a route to the root of the server object tree.

 public CustomNode(WizardState wizardState,
                   String name,
                   String skipKey)

Creates a CustomNode with the specified wizard state and name. This name is also used to access the subtrees of the child wizard archives when this CustomNode is encountered at runtime.

Parameters:

wizardState - The buildtime WizardState.

name - The name for this CustomNode.

skipKey - The key to reference when deciding whether this CustomNode should be skipped in the tree traversal.

 public CustomNode(String name,
                   Route route,
                   WizardTreeManager wizardManager)

Creates a CustomNode with the specified name, the specified route and wizard manager. This name is also used to access the subtrees of the child wizard archives when this CustomNode is encountered at runtime.

Parameters:

name - The name for this CustomNode.

route - The route to the appropriate server side object.

wizardManager - The wizardManager responsible for this component.

 public void setCustomProducts(Vector customProducts)

Set the list of custom products. The list should contain routes to the wizard states that are to be customized. This is used at runtime to determine which child subtrees to fetch and attach to this tree. Before this is done, however, the old subtrees are removed (but still reside in a cache).

Parameters:

customProducts - Routes to the states that are to be customized.

 public void addRuntimeResources(Vector resourceVector)

Set the runtime classes required by this panel.

Parameters:

resourceVector - The vector containing all runtime resources for this wizard.

Overrides:

addRuntimeResources in class SkipNode

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