Re: Autoupdate URL with parameters

OK, thanks for comments. Brett is correct and he explained my idea
perfectly. And I guess I can either fix this by providing my own
UpdateUnitProvider or just use some simpler workaround where I will scan &
update AUC settings in the runtime to pass information that I can use to
serve the best content.

Thank you guys,
Radim

2015-11-02 18:00 GMT+01:00 Peter Hansson <[email protected]>:

>
>
> I had the exact same issue.
>
> I first looked if there was a simple way I could overwrite NB's default
> logic in this area. What you want to do essentially is register an UC with
> not only an URL but also some query parameters that are always passed along
> with URL. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how I could easily implement
> my own UpdateUnitProvider without replicating too much code. So I skipped
> that idea.
>
> Instead I'm using a method where the information I need to pass along is
> embedded in the Update Center URL itself, something like
> http://myserver/updatecenter/xxxx, where xxxx is some chars inside which
> I embed information. In reality - in my case - xxxx is a base64 encoded
> string of 40 chars which I can then decode on the server side. This is
> enough for me to convey the information needed.
>
> What happens is this:
>
> 1. When an application instance starts up it figures out which URL (or
> rather only the xxxx's) it must use to register the UC. It then registers'
> the UC. This is all done behind the scenes as in my case the user never
> sees the Update Center URL. It is all handled for him. He cannot add or
> remove UCs himself.
>
> 2. The application contacts the server (the Update Center) with an URL
> where only the first part is common between application instances. There's
> however only one servlet on the server side that handles all processing for
> these URL. The servlet 'decodes' the URL and then returns different results
> to the applications depending on the information it has decoded from the
> URL.
>
> Clearly this is a workaround. I believe this is not an uncommon request,
> i.e. the idea that some information should be passed along to the UC with
> every GET request and the right method to do that would of course be
> through parameters. So perhaps you should launch an RFE ?
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> On Sunday, November 1, 2015 9:08 PM, Radim Kubacki <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >
> >is there any way how to use some parameters in AutoUpdate URL. I'd like
> to have one URL for all NBAndroid users like
> >http://nbandroid.org/release/{netbeans.version}/update.xml
> >
> >
> >This would be simpler for users when they upgrade their IDE. I want to
> have an older version of the plugin available even if I switch the
> development focus to a newer one. That forces me to have several AU centers
> and creates usability problem how to switch between them.
> >
> >
> >-Radim
> >
> >
>