How to LOG with DataNucleus 2.x inside Eclipse - eclipse

I have DN 2.x on Eclipse RCP (currently Helios).
I'm having trouble Turning the DN LOG on.
I use log4j.properties, where i define all the DataNucleus Categories LOG levels.
It LOGS fine with the "external" enhancer (i just pass the argument on the "VM Arguments" of the RUN configurations -Dlog4j.configuration=file:"...\log4j.properties"), but can't get the log to work on the main app... tried the same approach with no success.
Anyone using DN with eclipse?

I don't use DN. So I can't address your problem, directly. I can say, in general, if you have an application using Log4j, it will search the classpath for files named log4j.properties and log4j.xml. In your case, try moving your log4j.properties file to a place you are 100% certain is in the classpath (like the root folder of all your packages).
From there, if your logging turns on, then you know your properties file isn't in the classpath. However, if your file is definitely in the classpath, then the culprit is likely something else turning off logging application-wide. Do you see logging at all? If not, then this is likely the problem. At that point you need to figure out which Facade you're using: apache commons or SLF4J. Both have the power to replace the logger implementation with NOOP loggers, which ignore all log requests.
With Commons, you have to check the commons-logging.properties file. With SLF4J, you have to check the project dependencies (usually in a lib directory somewhere), insuring that there isn't a NO-OP jar in the list.

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I have an sbt project configured (via build.sbt) to generate an OSGI bundle (using the sbt-osgi plugin).
For some reason, the generated MANIFEST.MF contains an Include-Resource directive pointing to the (completely empty) "resource" subdirectories in my build directory (src/main/resources and target/scala_2.10/resource_managed/main, specifically), despite the fact that I have done nothing to tell it to do this (and I definitely don't want my artifacts pointing to locations in my home directory).
Why is sbt-osgi doing this, and, more importantly, how can I get it to stop?
My build.sbt can be found here: https://github.com/reggert/reb4s/blob/1cd91fb82aa978b2f202c618ca6403a66c15f8d7/build.sbt
It has been several months since I utilized the OSGI plugin, but I think I can recall enough to get you on track. First, be aware that it is BND which is doing all of the hard work here. The sbt plugin is just a wrapper. There is some discussion regarding the Include-Resource header. I believe you can set this header to None or an empty string with the plugin's additionalHeaders setting.

How to View Classpath While Debugging in Eclipse

I'm trying to troubleshoot a GWT-based app I'm writing in Eclipse. It currently uses Spring Framework 3.1.1 and Hibernate 4.1.6 on the back-end side. I'm currently having troubles with the dreaded "javax.validation.ValidationException: Unable to find a default provider" that seems to plague a lot of folks but is caused by different problems. I've tried the various solutions of using different versions of the JSR 303 implementation (e.g. diff. versions of Hibernate Validator) but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
And after debugging, I'm seeing why. Once execution gets to javax.validation.Validation.getValidationProviders():317 (in validation-api-1.0.0.GA), the app (running on an Eclipse internal Jetty server) attempts to read the META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider resource from the classpath and comes back empty. I am absolutely certain that the different validator implementations I've put (e.g. hibernate-validator-4.3.0.Final.jar) have that resource and it does contain a value (e.g. org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator), but is not appearing to the classloader in question. The way I've included the JAR in the classpath is by adding it to the project's Build Path which seems to add it to the Jetty runtime when I execute the applications.
My question is: Is there a way to view the classpath in Eclipse debug mode visible to a certain classloader? Secondly, does anyone know why the Hibernate Validator's resource is not first and foremost in the classloader that Validation is using?
The webapp classpath is composed by the directory WEB-INF/classes and by all the jars in WEB-INF/lib. If you want a jar to be available at runtime, you must NOT add it to the build path, but to WEB-INF/lib.
Dropping a jar in WebContent/WEB-INF/lib in Eclipse will make it automatically part of the buid path of your webapp, and available at runtime.

Set a classpath just for jUnit in Netbeans [duplicate]

We have an application developed in NetBeans, based on the NetBeans platform. There's a 3'rd party program that we have a runtime dependency on, more specifically a jar in the other progams lib folder.
How should we include the other progam's jar in our classpath?
The recommendation from the other progam's manufacturer is to set environment variable CLASSPATH to include
C:\Progam Files\Other Program\lib\theJAR.jar
And if that's not possible, we should copy theJAR.jar to JRE-HOME\lib\ext
We must not copy theJAR.jar anywhere else, that might cause it to stop working...
Now NetBeans takes no notice of what's on environment variable CLASSPATH. Their recommended way seems to be to make a wrapper, but that would lead to copying the jar, unless there's some way to make a wrapper module that points to CLASSPATH?
At the moment we are copying the jar into JRE-HOME\lib\ext. But then there's unnecessary hassle when we install some java update.
Do you have any solution to this problem? It seems like something that might be simple, but I haven't found the right place to look yet...
Edit: The application is ant-based.
From the documentation for the Module System API's overview of the runtime infrastructure (bottom of the page under the section "Common Problems and Solutions"):
Q: Can my module add a library JAR to the classpath from outside the
IDE [read: platform] installation?...
A: Not easily. You have a few options:
Add an entry to ide.cfg [your app's .config file]. For example:
-cp:a c:\eak\lib\eak.jar This startup file provides the ability to add classpath entries to the IDE's Java invocation.
...
It goes on to list two more options. The second option is the same solution you've come up with. The third is to "partition your module and use a new classloader" which I can't recommend either way since I have no experience doing this (but it's worth a read).
Assuming that this first option is what you are looking for, you will need to add a custom .conf file to your project and point to it in your project.properties file, like so: app.conf=nbproject/my.conf. This will add your custom .conf file to your app's install directory instead of the default config file that is normally added. Of course, you'll need to add the -cp:a c:\eak\lib\eak.jar entry to this custom config file in order to load the .jar.
During development you'll need to add the following entry to the project.properties file: run.args.extra=-cp:a c:\eak\lib\eak.jar. This will pass the command line option to your debug instance.
You can add that .jar file by following the steps below:
In the left side panel named "Projects" open your project and right click on the "Libraries", then select "Add JAR/Folder...".
Then select your .jar file from the location where you have stored it in the next dialog box that opens and then press "Open".
Vola Finished!!! (with the same process you can add other libraries also like JavaCV, JMF,etc)
And Now You Can Use That .Jar File From Your Project Library.
Hope It Helps.

Can I read property file with jetty in development?

I am working on a lift project as a sub-project in a gigantic mvn project. I put the property files into:
src/main/resources/props/staging.props
src/main/resources/props/production.props
in the sub-project folder.
Then I run jetty with:
mvn jetty:run -Drun.mode=staging
I printed out the settings from net.liftweb.util.Props using:
println("file_name:" + Props.fileName)
println("mode_name:" + Props.modeName)
The output:
file_name:lift.props
mode_name:staging
The mode name is correct. However, the file name is totally wrong. net.liftweb.util.Props is still using the file name that had been hardcoded in the source. It seemed never reached my property file.
Am I missing something? Or it cannot work with jetty?
While duffymo is right and you can just use the underlying servlet facilities for getting resources, I would still use Lift's Properties abstraction. It already does the work for differentiating different run modes. It also allows you to have different properties per-user and/or per-machine, which can be useful, depending on your development team.
The default properties for a given mode should be put in /props/modeName.default.props, so your files should be renamed to:
src/main/resources/props/staging.default.props
src/main/resources/props/production.default.props
I would put the .properties file in your /WEB-INF/classes and use the servlet context's getResourceAsStream() to read it in.

How to get JBoss log directory

We need to display JBoss log files from within our web application. Is it possible to achieve this without using ServerConfigLocator ? The application must be able to run also with Websphere and we don't want dependencies on specific JARs.
JBoss's defined log directory is held in the jboss.server.log.dir system property. You can resolve that directory to a java.io.File, and read the files inside.
File logDir = new File(System.getProperty("jboss.server.log.dir"));
logDir.list(); // etc etc
You can also get this through ServerConfig.getServerLogDir() (on JBoss 4.x, anyway), but you said you wanted to avoid JAR dependencies.
You could use a custom log implementation. This would give you complete control over the logging behavior.
JBoss uses Log4j as its logging mechanism. WebSphere uses Jakarta Commons Logging, which can be configured to delegate to Log4j if it isn't already the default. If you already use Log4j in your application then I don't expect that this difference will cause you any new problems.