Re: AutoUpdate // clear module cache

nk0d3r <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.modules.openide.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Peter,

thank you for your reply. I will read the chapters and see if i`m doing
something wrong.

i`m using the standard module updater.

Nico
> Peter Hansson <mailto:[email protected]>
> 2. Februar 2016 17:04
> You must be doing something wrong. It shouldn't be necessary to clear
> any cache.
>
> Are you using NB Platform's out-of-the-box functionality or have you
> rolled your own using the NB Auto Update Services API ?
>
> Personally I learned a lot about how this works from "The Definitive
> Guide To NetBeans Platform 7" by Heiko Böck (chapter 36 and chapter
> 25). The book is rather old and you can possibly find it online now.
> If you are creating an NB application where you want to customize how
> the module install/update mechanism works, meaning you want full
> control, then especially chapter 25 has been an eye opener for me.
>
> Note that for the NB Platform in general there are IMO better books
> now. But especially for this topic I haven't seen it covered as good
> as in that book.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> nk0d3r <mailto:[email protected]>
> 2. Februar 2016 10:38
> Hello,
>
> i have a working AutoUpdate configuration.
> When i change my module structure (e.g. split up or add modules), the
> update file on the server will be changed, too.
>
> Existing Modules are updating fine.
> but new modules aren`t installed automatically, it seemed at first.
>
> But then I looked into the Problem and found that the module nbms are
> up-to-date but the module cache of the App still contains the old
> modules and loads those.
>
> This is a Problem when we deliver to our Customers. It's not really an
> option to tell all our users to clear the cache manually when we deliver
> an update.
>
> I would like to refresh the module cache or make it refresh itself after
> each update. I already looked into the AutoUpdate API and read the
> sources but could not find any event that is thrown or Object that is
> put into the lookup when an update is done to hook some code into - or
> did i miss something?
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
> Nico
>
>

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