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bug #42993: Octave's Java does not load Service-Provider-Interface classes

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Fri 15 Aug 2014 12:28:35 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Libraries Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  Postponed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Chris Carroll Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Open Release:  * dev
Operating System:  * GNU/Linux Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Fri 15 Aug 2014 04:33:18 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Octave's Java implementation does have a few wrinkles, yes; some are mentioned here in the task tracker:
https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?12601.
I doubt if they will be solved in the near future as no one is working on them at present.

If it may comfort you:
While building the UNO Java spreadsheet interface to LibreOffice, I had to jump through a few hoops to get stuff together. Maybe you can get a first impression of some required workarounds if you compare this (a formal Java implementation):
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/FirstSteps/Example:_Working_with_a_Spreadsheet_Document

...with this (how it ended up in Octave (-Forge)):
http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/io/ci/default/tree/inst/private/__UNO_spsh_open__.m
...and...
http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/io/ci/default/tree/inst/private/__UNO_oct2spsh__.m

(esp. the queryInterface and PropertyValue stuff gave headaches)

Now these examples don't quite directly apply to your problem; but I think they do show that workarounds can be found in unexpected places and -directions.

Philip Nienhuis <philipnienhuis>
Group Member
Fri 15 Aug 2014 12:28:35 AM UTC, original submission:  

Some Java libraries specify interface implementations through the Service Provider Interface (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/sound/SPI-intro.html), but Octave does not seem to load the implementations. This may be a problem with Octave's custom ClassLoader implementation.

Sample code that produces the problem:

octaveProblem.LoadResources.java:

public class LoadResource {
        public LoadResource() {
                System.out.println("Getters say:");
                Iterator<Getter> iterator = ServiceRegistry.lookupProviders(Getter.class);
                while (iterator.hasNext()) {
                        System.out.println("  Getter says: " + iterator.next().get());
                }
                System.out.println("Done!");
        }
        public static void main( String[] args ) {
                new LoadResource();
        }
}


octaveProblem.Getter.java:

public interface Getter {
        public String get();
}


octaveProblem.DefaultGetter.java:

public class DefaultGetter implements Getter {
        public String get() {
                return "GOT IT!";
        }
}


META-INF/services/octaveProblem.Getter:

octaveProblem.DefaultGetter


After creating a jar from these files, the expected result is shown when the jar is run outside of Octave:

Getters say:
  Getter says: GOT IT!
Done!


In Octave, the result is:

>> javaaddpath('octaveProblem-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar')
>> javaObject('octaveProblem.LoadResource');
Getters say:
Done!
>>


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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2018-04-27 mtmiller Carbon-CopyRemoved 80942 -
    2018-04-27 mtmiller Item GroupNone Incorrect Result
        StatusNone Postponed
        Release3.8.1 dev
    2015-02-22 mtmiller CategoryNone Libraries
    2014-08-15 None Attached File- Added octaveProblem-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar, #31902

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