ART developers manual

Creating new .xar packages

ART-DECOR software is deployed through eXist-db .xar packages with the eXist-db package manager. In order to create these packages, the following files should be present in a subversion software repository:

• build.xml: contains meta information on the package, and the version number (in major.minor.build form). For packages containing software the minor number is:
  • even for stable releases
  • uneven for development (trunk) releases
• expath-pkg.xml.tmpl: a generic template that should normally not be edited
• icon.png: the icon to display in the package manager when installing packages
• pre-install.xql: pre-installation procedure. This is usually package-specific.
• post-install.xql: post-installation procedure. This is usually package-specific and can contain permission settings for collections and files.
• repo.xml.tmpl: information to display in the package manager for this package. This is a generic template that should normally not be edited.

These files can be copied from an existing directory and adapted to this package.

When building .xar packages, a expath-pkg.xml and repo.xml is generated from the .tmpl and build.xml. In subversion there should be a git:ignore so that locally generated expath-pkg.xml and repo.xml are not included in subversion code.

For examples, see: https://sourceforge.net/p/artdecor/code-0/HEAD/tree/branches/stable/art/

For more information on building xar's, see: http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/repo.xml

Creating a new version of an existing package

• Commmit your software code, include an (English) subversion comment that describes your changes.
• build.xml: increment the build number:

Example:

    <property name="project.version" value="0.989.32"/>

• commit the build.xml to the subversion repository

If the project.version is incremented, this can act as a trigger in the package manager to install this new version of the package.

ART-DECOR repositories

The ART-DECOR repositories are updated daily to include the nightly .xar builds. Locations for the repositories are documented in the installation manual, see Download/software.

ART-DECOR testscenario's

The following testscenario's can be used to test ART-DECOR software:

• testscenario demo5