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From: Scott Lanham <lists@sael.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Dynamic Loading of Pivot App
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:02:11 +1000
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Thanks Greg,

Just to get this app out the door I am trying a different approach that avoids 
the loader class. I may have another go for version 2 of my app :-)

On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:12:43 pm Greg Brown wrote:
> Not sure what might be going on since I haven't used URLClassLoader myself.
>  FWIW, the Theme class uses the JAR service provider mechanism to look up a
>  concrete theme provider:
> 
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#Service%20Provider
> 
> It uses the org.apache.pivot.util.Service class to perform the lookup. You
>  may need to step through the code to see why it is failing to find a
>  suitable provider. The static block at the beginning of the Theme class is
>  where the theme is loaded, so that's where I'd start. Set a breakpoint
>  there and see what you can find out.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> Greg
> 
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Scott Lanham wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > All Jars are encapsulated in a single jar file and the application runs
> > fine from that Jar file. The error occurs when I load the same Jar file
> > using URLClassLoader from within a different application.
> >
> > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:48:19 pm Greg Brown wrote:
> >> This exception is being thrown because the Theme class can't find a
> >> suitable theme provider. Is the Terra JAR on your classpath?
> >>
> >> On Apr 28, 2010, at 11:11 PM, Scott Lanham wrote:
> >>> I missed an important bit:
> >>>
> >>> Caused by: org.apache.pivot.wtk.ThemeNotFoundException: A theme could
> >>> not be located.
> >>>       at org.apache.pivot.wtk.Theme.<clinit>(Theme.java:76)
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:50:21 am Scott Lanham wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am dynamically loading a pivot (1.4) app  from a basic "launcher"
> >>>> app using URLClassLoader. It is throwing the exception detailed below.
> >>>> I was wondering if anyone has had experience with this kind of
> >>>> problem?
> >>>>
> >>>> If you are wondering why I would do such a crazy thing, it is all in
> >>>> the name of auto-updating the app in Windows ( without using webstart
> >>>> ).
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Scott.
> >>>>
> >>>> Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"
> >>>> java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at
> >>>> org.apache.pivot.wtk.Component.installThemeSkin(Component.java:737) at
> >>>> org.apache.pivot.wtk.Window.<init>(Window.java:393)
> >>>>       at org.apache.pivot.wtk.Window.<init>(Window.java:388)
> >>>>       at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native
> >>>> Method)
> >>>>       at
> >>>> sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructo
> >>>>rA cce ssorImpl.java:39) at
> >>>> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingCo
> >>>>ns tru ctorAccessorImpl.java:27) at
> >>>> java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at
> >>>> java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355)
> >>>>       at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308)
> >>>>       at
> >>>> org.apache.pivot.wtkx.WTKXSerializer.processStartElement(WTKXSerialize
> >>>>r. jav a:617) at
> >>>> org.apache.pivot.wtkx.WTKXSerializer.readObject(WTKXSerializer.java:44
> >>>>9) at
> >>>> org.apache.pivot.wtkx.WTKXSerializer.readObject(WTKXSerializer.java:40
> >>>>5) at
> >>>> org.apache.pivot.wtkx.WTKXSerializer.readObject(WTKXSerializer.java:39
> >>>>2) at
> >>>> org.apache.pivot.wtkx.WTKXSerializer.readObject(WTKXSerializer.java:37
> >>>>9)
>