we could provide an ant task that would sign it and the default would be not to have it signed.
Andreas On 29 Jun 2007, at 09:49, Mark Schreiber wrote: > In this case then maybe the best solution is to provide a "How to sign > your biojava.jar" page on the wiki. > > Possibly it could go into a "How to make a BioJava empowered Applet" > recipe for the cookbook. Does anyone feel motivated to provide a > trivial (or even not so trivial) example? > > - Mark > > On 6/29/07, Andy Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hey, >> >> Normally digitally signing a jar can cause problems for people who >> want >> to uncompress our jar & re-compress into a distribution for themselves >> (a one shot executable jar scenario). Applets are very strange as I'm >> sure it's possible to load resources from the server and applet is >> created from (I did it ages ago for an applet which worked with blast >> output). So it's a bit of a shock that the applet sandbox doesn't >> allow >> us to call a getResourceAsStream() method (well I say surprise ... it >> doesn't really). >> >> It's probably not a bad thing to offer a digitally signed version of >> the >> JAR for people wanting to use it in applets but if the main >> distribution >> could continue with unsigned JARs I think that would be the best. >> >> Andy >> >> Mark Schreiber wrote: >> > Hi - >> > >> > Is there any reason why we shouldn't digitally sign the biojava.jar >> as >> > part of our distribution? It would save other people doing it. >> > >> > I think we would just use a self generated certificate as a third >> > party one is expensive and doesn't really proove anything anyway. >> > >> > Just a thought, >> > >> > - Mark >> > >> > On 6/28/07, Andreas Prlic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Did you try signing your applet using jarsigner? >> >> >> >> e.g. see >> >> http://www.raditha.com/java/sandbox/index.php >> >> >> >> Andreas >> >> >> >> >> >>> Kavita Agarwal wrote: >> >>>> hi! >> >>>> >> >>>> I have downloaded the latest version of biojava and i have >> included >> >>>> all >> >>>> the jar files in the >> >>>> >> >>>> (java home)/jre/lib/ext folder. Problem is that my code runs >> fine >> >>>> when >> >>>> I run it in an application but it is not working in the applet. >> >>>> >> >>>> One thing which I have noticed is that functions defined in >> DNATools >> >>>> are >> >>>> static and I am calling a static function from a non-static one >> , is >> >>>> this any bug? >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks a lot for ur reply. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge >> >>>> >> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47093/*http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/ >> >>>> 222>to >> >>>> see what's on, when. >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) >> >>> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >>> >> >>> iD8DBQFGg4Pi4C5LeMEKA/QRArpHAJ91uzlAlJ0qeTMiRMtWahdT5TCYVACeKpVh >> >>> 6hY3O3WqoZT85IqqdBBhsXI= >> >>> =3NlO >> >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Biojava-l mailing list - [email protected] >> >>> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> >> >> >> Andreas Prlic Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute >> >> Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK >> >> +44 (0) 1223 49 6891 >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research >> >> Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a >> >> company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered >> >> office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Biojava-l mailing list - [email protected] >> >> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Biojava-l mailing list - [email protected] >> > http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Prlic Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK +44 (0) 1223 49 6891 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l
