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Missing Modules Resolver (part II)

For those who are interested in implementation of Missing Modules Resolver I can show some implementation details.

The Missing Modules Resolver is built on the top of Autoupdate API and uses several Autoupdate services for find out broken modules, download&install missing modules to match its dependencies and enable them again in the end. Rest of implementation is just UI.

Okay, let's see the utilized services and look at code snippets.

Find out broken modules

Entry point into Autoupdate API is the

UpdateManager.getDefault ()

what providers set of units which can be browsed in UI and perform operations on them (i.e. install, update or unistall etc.) Each UpdateUnit represents a NetBeans module either as installed in IDE or available on Update Center. If a module is already installed but also has available higher version in any Update Center, the module has update one.
Now, we need find out modules what are already installed but aren't enabled in IDE.

Collection<UpdateUnit> units = UpdateManager.getDefault().getUpdateUnits(UpdateManager.TYPE.MODULE);
for (UpdateUnit unit : allUnits) {
  if (unit.getInstalled() != null && ! unit.getInstalled().isEnabled()) {
    res.add (unit.getInstalled());
  }
}

Great, we have installed but disabled modules but how to diagnose the module is broken and cannot be enabled? Ask them why cannot be enable, i.e. get its broken dependencies. If there are some broken we have a candidate for resolving.

OperationContainer<operationsupport> forEnable = OperationContainer.createForEnable (); // take support for enabling modules
OperationContainer.OperationInfo<operationsupport> info = forEnable.add([installed-but-disabled-module]);
Set<string> broken = info.getBrokenDependencies(); // ask for broken dependencies
if (! broken.isEmpty()) { // if are some => we have the candidate
  candidate.put(el, broken);
}

So, now we have all candidate for resolving its problems.

Look for missing modules

Now let's look for missing modules. Each candidate knows own broken dependencies. These dependencies are the clue for us to search out set of missing module which can fix these dependencies. There is a sample how to get it:

Collection<UpdateElement> missingModules = ...
OperationContainer.OperationInfo<operationsupport> info = forEnable.add([installed-but-disabled-module]);
Set<UpdateElement> reqs = new HashSet<UpdateElement>(info.getRequiredElements()); // add required modules
  missing.addAll(reqs);
}

Great, we found out a collection of missing modules what are required by other modules in IDE. We should install them.

Download&Install

Take the operation container for install operation, put all missing modules into this container what can perform all action for install them: download, validate, install and restart IDE if needed.

OperationContainer<InstallSupport> forInstall = OperationContainer.createForInstall(); // take the install container
forInstall.add(missing-modules); // put all missing modules
InstallSupport installSupport = installContainer.getSupport(); // take the install support what is executive for actions above
ProgressHandle progress = ... // ProgressHandle
Validator v = installSupport.doDownload(progress); // perform download
Installer i = installSupport.doValidate(v, progress); // perform validation
Restarter r = installSupport.doInstall(i, progress); // perform install
if (r != null) { // need restart?
  installSupport.doRestart(r, progress);
}

Enabled broken modules again

It's easy, just let's take a operation container for enabling modules, put all broken module and invoke enable action. All module should be able to turn on again.

OperationContainer<OperationSupport> forEnable = OperationContainer.createForEnable (); // take support for enabling modules
forEnable.add(candiates); // put all candidates
OperationSupport enableSupport = enableContainer.getSupport(); // take the enable support
ProgressHandle progress = ... // ProgressHandle
enableSupport.doOperation(progress);

That's all

Who would like to see all sources or contribute some improvements or fix bugs, go into contrib repository at http://hg.netbeans.org/main/contrib/. The NetBeans project takes name moduleresolver.
Bugs or RFE report into IssueZilla against component contrib and owner jrechtacek-AT-netbeans.org. Thanks for your feedback.

Posted at 07:13PM Mar 17, 2008 by Rechtacek's in NetBeans  |  Comments[1]