On 17.11.2008 15:08:52 Martin Jacobson wrote: > Although we have text appearing, I'd like to resolve the issue of > using the latest FOP in batik; using standard Batik 1.7 results in ALL > text being transcoded as paths! > > I've always had difficulties understanding Java's concept of > Classpath, so please excuse me! The doc. for using > batik-rasterizer.jar instructs you to cd to the directory containing > the jar and execute the "java -jar batik-rasterizer..." command from > there. Even with an empty CLASSPATH, the jar manages to find other > jars in the lib directory below, so it must be hard-coded, surely?
Yes, open batik-rasterizer.jar in your favourite ZIP tool and take a look at the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file. There, you'll find all the entries (Look for the "Class-Path" entry). But that mechanism has its limits. I don't like it too much. > Anyway, I tried this > > export CLASSPATH=/usr/local/batik-1.7/lib:$CLASSPATH; java -jar ... The use of the CLASSPATH environment variable is generally considered bad practice because it can lead to trouble when running multiple Java applications on one machine. > and > > java -cp /usr/local/batik-1.7/lib java -jar ... -jar and -cp doesn't work together, unfortunately. And Java doesn't pick up all JARs if you just specify a directory. The suggested way is using only -cp, but in this case, you have to know the main class of the Batik Rasterizer. You can find that in the MANIFEST.MF file, too (Value: Main-Class). java -cp /usr/local/batik-1.7/batik-dom.jar:/usr/local/batik-1.7/batik-gvt.jar:/usr..... org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main .... It's probably best if you write a little shell script. I know that feels like: What? Is there no better way? Actually there are better ones but not without Java knowledge. In FOP, we use normally use scripts, too, although FOP has a special "-jar" mode which does a dynamic class path setup. But that would first have to be ported to Batik before you could use it. > Neither worked, in that neither cured the original exception: > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org/apache/xmlgraphics/image/loader/ImageContext > at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) > at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:164) > at > org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.DestinationType.getTranscoder(DestinationType.java:96) > at > org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.execute(SVGConverter.java:690) > at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.execute(Main.java:938) > at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.main(Main.java:992) > > Any ideas would be welcome! > > Martin <snip/> Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
