> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to integrate my OSGI application with Karaf 1.6.0 (windows xp
> environment) and tryng to find a way to create a custom distribution.
> I don't use Maven.
> I was able to succesfully use the features mechanism putting my features.xml
> file in the deploy directory. In the features.xml file bundles are retrieved
> using relative file:./xxx/yyy paths. In this way features are automatically
> installed.
>
> Then i tried putting the features.xml file in a different folder and to add a
> features repository in org.apache.felix.karaf.features.cfg, here is how the
> addition loooks:
>
> featuresRepositories=mvn:org.apache.felix.karaf/apache-felix-karaf/1.6.0/xml/features,file:./base/features
>
> or
>
> featuresRepositories=mvn:org.apache.felix.karaf/apache-felix-karaf/1.6.0/xml/features,file:C:/DEV/karaf/base/features
>
> And all possible variations( file:///C:/, file:///C|/ etc.)
>
> When the file path seem to be correct i get the following exception:
>
> 14:34:51,203 | WARN | rint Extender: 3 | FeaturesServiceImpl |
> res.internal.FeaturesServiceImpl 654 | 23 -
> org.apache.felix.karaf.features.core - 1.6.0 | Unable to add features
> repository file:./base/features at startup
> java.io.IOException
> at
> org.apache.felix.karaf.features.internal.RepositoryImpl.load(RepositoryImpl.java:164)
> at
> org.apache.felix.karaf.features.internal.FeaturesServiceImpl.internalAddRepository(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:172)
> at
> org.apache.felix.karaf.features.internal.FeaturesServiceImpl.start(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:652)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> at
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.utils.ReflectionUtils.invoke(ReflectionUtils.java:230)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.invoke(BeanRecipe.java:803)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.runBeanProcInit(BeanRecipe.java:580)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.internalCreate(BeanRecipe.java:693)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.di.AbstractRecipe.create(AbstractRecipe.java:64)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.createInstances(BlueprintRepository.java:219)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.createAll(BlueprintRepository.java:147)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.instantiateEagerComponents(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:624)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.doRun(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:315)
> at
> org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.run(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:213)
> at
> java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
> at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
> at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
> at
> java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)
> at
> java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:207)
> at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
> at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
> Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
> at
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:239)
> at
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:283)
> at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(DocumentBuilder.java:124)
> at
> org.apache.felix.karaf.features.internal.RepositoryImpl.load(RepositoryImpl.java:93)>
>
> ... 24 more
>
> It seem like if the file path is correct but there is something wrong with
> the file. The fact is that the file is exactly the same that was before
> succesfully loaded by putting it in the deploy folder (tried several times).
>
> Does anybody succesfully loaded features adding a local features repository
> using the file: mechanism ? The Karaf manual says it is possible.
>
> Many thanks for any help
>
> Giacomo Coletta
>
