[izpack-users] UninstallerListener and variables

[Tim & Victoria O'Malley]

Klaus,
  I see it in the uninstaller.jar. Thank you very much for the help.
~Tim O


On 3/9/07, Klaus Bartz <bartzkau at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Tim and Victoria,
> no, unfortunately you can do it not because there is no
> UninstallData class in the uninstaller, else this class exist only in
> the installer :~|
> If you use
>
> String st = "this is my test string";
> UninstallData.getInstance().addAdditionalData("myVar", st);
>
> in the installer, uninstaller.jar contains the "file" myVar which contains
> an serialized String object with the value "this is my test string". You
> can
> look into a jar file with an zip program like WinZip.
> To get the String you have to read the "file" with an object stream
>
>     InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/myVar");
>           // Do not forget the slash ----------------^
>     if( in == null )
>     { // No actions, nothing todo.
>       return;
>     }
>     ObjectInputStream objIn = new ObjectInputStream(in);
>     String stInUninstaller = (String)objIn.readObject();
>
> That's it. If you use a more complex self declared container class which
> is
> not declared in the Java Virtual Machine do
> not forget to include the class file into the uninstaller (pack it into
> the
> MyUninstallerListener.jar).
>
> Cheers
>
> Klaus
>
>
> Am 09.03.2007, 19:49 Uhr, schrieb Tim & Victoria O'Malley
> <tvomalley at gmail.com>:
>
> > So in my UninstallListener can I do the following:
> >
> > Map additionalData = UninstallData.*getInstance*().getAdditionalData();
> >
> > String myVar= (String)additionalData.get("myVar");
> >
> > or do I need to write a handler?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/9/07, Bartz, Klaus <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi tvomalley (??),
> >> in the IzPack uninstaller there are no IzPack variables from
> install.xml
> >> or
> >> from installation process. But you can put what you wont into the
> >> uninstaller
> >> via
> >> UninstallData.getInstance().addAdditionalData("<Name of the data",
> >> <DataObject>);
> >> You can use RegistryInstallerListener line 146ff (writes log of
> registry
> >> data
> >> into uninstaller.jar) and RegistryUninstallerListener line 62ff
> >> (reads log of registry data and rewinds the made keys and values) as
> >> example.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Klaus
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> >> > [mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of tvomalley
> >> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:18 PM
> >> > To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
> >> > Subject: [izpack-users] UninstallerListener and variables
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > If I create a custom UninstallerListener can I get a varaible
> >> > that is set in my install.xml? Is there a way to pass and
> >> > argument to the custom UninstallerListener? Thanks
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