XML-Descriptor

Java library descriptor is a simple XML-file that specifies version number, paths to Java ARchives and optionally some other information.

Table of Contents

Primary Sections
Optional Sections
Examples

Primary Sections

<version>
    /* Version of the library */
</version>

<archives>
    /* The list of paths to Java ARchives and/or
       directories with archives, one per line */
</archives>

Optional Sections

<skip_packages>
    /* The list of packages, that
       should not be checked, one per line */
</skip_packages>

<packages>
    /* The list of packages, that
       should be checked, one per line.
       Other packages will not be checked. */
</packages>

Examples

JDO:

<version>
    2.2
</version>

<archives>
    installed/jdo/2.2/jdo2-api-2.2.jar
</archives>

JDK:

<version>
    1.6.0
</version>

<archives>
    installed/jdk/1.6.0/jre/lib/jsse.jar
    installed/jdk/1.6.0/jre/lib/jce.jar
    installed/jdk/1.6.0/jre/lib/rt.jar
</archives>

Jackrabbit:

<version>
    2.2.8
</version>

<archives>
    installed/jackrabbit/2.2.8/jackrabbit-standalone-2.2.8.jar
</archives>

<skip_packages>
    org.apache.jackrabbit.core
    org.apache.jackrabbit.standalone.cli.core
    org.apache.jackrabbit.test
    x2006.main
</skip_packages>

<packages>
    org.apache.jackrabbit
    org.apache.jcr
</packages>