appup

A Java application bootstrap library

Overview

Appup provides

• Application startup and lifecycle management
• Native code management (honors Bundle-NativeCode jar manifest headers)
• Service registration
• A contribution registry that shares the plugin.xml syntax of the eclipse plugin registry.

Maven Artifact

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.lbayer</groupId>
    <artifactId>appup</artifactId>
    <version>0.1.13</version>
</dependency>

Usage

Appup is executed by running the AppupLauncher as your class and passing it a configuration file.

For example:

java -cp libs/* com.lbayer.appup.application.AppupLauncher -c config.ini

Configuration File

All properties in the configuration file are automatically added to the java System properties.

Appup Specific Properties

🔠appup.startClasses
A comma separated list of lifecycle class names

Lifecycle Classes

Lifecycle classes are the main entry point for a application within appup.

When the application is started the list of start classes (as defined by the appup.startClasses system property) are each constructed and any method with an @PostConstruct annotation are invoked.

Methods with an @PreDestroy annotation will be invoked when the application is stopped.

IContribRegistry

IAppupRuntime

Native Code

Appup automatically scans the classpath for any jars that contain the Bundle-NativeCode manifest header, and loads the appropriate platform's library.

Dependency Injection

Uses javax.annotation.Resource annotation to automatically inject services into services.