Re: Can we remove the MinML2.jar file?

Posted by David E Jones on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Can-we-remove-the-MinML2-jar-file-tp179912p179918.html


I'm pretty sure iText (or something) depended on MinML2 even though I  
don't believe anything in OFBiz uses it directly.

To test it the easiest thing is probably to create a CompDoc Template  
with 2 PDF place holders, then create an instance of that CompDoc and  
upload 2 PDFs, then have it generate the combined PDF. That will use  
iText to create the combined output file.

-David


On May 1, 2007, at 6:26 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> David, all,
>
> please see my comments inline:
>
> David E. Jones wrote:
>> We have a lot of libraries in OFBiz, and it's a pretty major  
>> effort to keep them all updated but certainly something we need  
>> and want to do.
>> Sometimes it is hard to test the updated library, and that is the  
>> case with itext since most of the stuff that uses it is buried in  
>> things like the CompDoc stuff in the Content Manager and running  
>> through a test scenario to use itext to combine PDF documents is  
>> somewhat involved. In these circumstances we can kind of go either  
>> way, either:
>> 1. leave the old version so that it will more likely work the next  
>> time someone uses it
>> 2. update to the latest version so that new things and things in  
>> general will more likely work, and version dependencies between  
>> libraries in OFBiz won't as likely become a problem
>
> I've searched for the string "lowagie" (part of the package name  
> for the classes in the iText jar) and the only classes that are  
> using them are:
>
> org.ofbiz.content.compdoc.CompDocServices
> org.ofbiz.content.survey.SurveyServices
>
> They both compile fine with the new upgraded iText jar but I don't  
> know how to test them.
> Could you please give me any pointers?
> I'd like to verify if they run properly with the new jar and also  
> try to remove the MinML2.jar file...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacopo
>
>
>> So, for this one they both have pluses and minuses. The best thing  
>> is to update and test everything that uses it, but that takes a  
>> lot of time and effort (both finding everything that uses it, and  
>> running the tests).
>> In other words, it's up to you, I'm fine with either way and  
>> somewhat favor #2...
>> -David
>> On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>> And now I'm also running the latest itext-2.0.1.jar instead of  
>>> the older version in the trunk (itext-1.3.6.jar) and everything  
>>> seems good.
>>> Should we plan to update also the iText jar?
>>>
>>> Jacopo
>>>
>>> Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>>> David,
>>>> yeah dependencies can be a nightmare... and maybe we should even  
>>>> try to document them in some way somewhere.
>>>> However, PDF are printing fine even without the MinML2.jar and  
>>>> so possibly the jar was needed by an older version of iText.
>>>> What do you think?
>>>> Jacopo
>>>> David E. Jones wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Weeding out jar files is a tricky business... that one, for  
>>>>> example, is used by itext if I remember right and is a runtime  
>>>>> dependency. Removing it would cause problems for certain things.
>>>>>
>>>>> -David
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:37 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> After removing the framwork/webapp/lib/MinML2.jar file I could  
>>>>>> build and run succesfully OFBiz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can we remove it? For what is it used that jar?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jacopo
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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