com.izforge.izpack.installer
Interface PanelAutomation

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompilePanelAutomationHelper, DefaultTargetPanelAutomationHelper, ExtendedInstallPanelAutomationHelper, ImgPacksPanelAutomationHelper, InstallationGroupPanelAutomationHelper, InstallPanelAutomationHelper, JDKPathPanelAutomationHelper, PacksPanelAutomationHelper, ProcessPanelAutomationHelper, ShortcutPanelAutomationHelper, TargetPanelAutomationHelper, TreePacksPanelAutomationHelper, UserInputPanelAutomationHelper, UserPathPanelAutomationHelper

public interface PanelAutomation

Defines the Interface that must be implemented for running Panels in automated (or "silent", "headless") install mode.

Implementing classes MUST NOT link against awt/swing classes. Thus the Panels cannot implement this interface directly, they should use e.g. helper classes instead.

Author:

Jonathan Halliday, Julien Ponge

See Also:

AutomatedInstaller

Method Summary

void	makeXMLData(AutomatedInstallData installData, IXMLElement panelRoot) Asks the panel to set its own XML data that can be brought back for an automated installation process.
void	runAutomated(AutomatedInstallData installData, IXMLElement panelRoot) Makes the panel work in automated mode.

Method Detail

makeXMLData

void makeXMLData(AutomatedInstallData installData,
                 IXMLElement panelRoot)

Asks the panel to set its own XML data that can be brought back for an automated installation process. Use it as a blackbox if your panel needs to do something even in automated mode.

Parameters:

installData - The installation data

panelRoot - The XML root element of the panels blackbox tree.

runAutomated

void runAutomated(AutomatedInstallData installData,
                  IXMLElement panelRoot)
                  throws InstallerException

Makes the panel work in automated mode. Default is to do nothing, but any panel doing something 'effective' during the installation process should implement this method.

Parameters:

installData - The installation data

panelRoot - The XML root element of the panels blackbox tree.

Throws:

InstallerException - if the automated work failed critically.