[kepler-users] Ecoinformatics CVS account - Kepler

[Seguin, Ralph P]

The .jar file is definitely being seen/read.
I've managed to play around with things to the point where I can get it to resolve the dependencies, but no GUI items.
I'm going to read through the tutorial that Ilkay suggested and hopefully that will clarify things.

Thanks.
-Ralph


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Higgins [mailto:higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:32 PM
To: Seguin, Ralph P
Cc: Colby Walsworth; Kepler-users at ecoinformatics.org
Subject: Re: [kepler-users] Ecoinformatics CVS account - Kepler


Hi Ralph,

    As you discovered, the procedure for adding actors to Kepler is 
quite a bit different than for Ptolemy. (And, currently, not easy and 
obvious.)  annotations.owl and ontology.owl are the key files for adding 
to the actor list, but I suspect that your main problem is getting 
Kepler to see the jar file you refer to. All jar files need to added to 
the classpath. If you are running kepler from ant (using 'ant run-dev') 
then placing your jar inside the $Kepler/lib/jar directory should make 
it visible. Then just opening the appropriate workflow (*.xml file) 
should work even if your actor is not present on Kepler's actor list. If 
you use the .bat or .sh files, then your jar file must be explicitly 
added to the classpaths in these files (I don't know what OS or version 
your are using.) If you are using the 1.6alpha installers from the 
Kepler web page, adding to the classpath is tricky and I suggest using 
the .bat or .sh files.

    To add your actor to Keplers list, you can just right click on the 
appropriate caregory in the actor tree and add it by entering the Java 
class name if it is an atomic actor. Currenly, composite actors cannot 
be added this way.

    Hopefully this info helps. If not, feel free to ask more questions.

Dan Higgins
NCEAS


Seguin, Ralph P wrote:

>Hi.
>Thanks for the access.
>I'll get around to checking things out soon, after I get Kepler working with our actors/components.
>Is there a quickstart doc somewhere that describes the process of putting your actors into Kepler?
>
>Also, it looks like the web services actor, the WSDL URL is strictly a static pulldown menu of choices rather than allowing a typein (in addition)
>
>I'm under the gun timewise for a demo, so sorry for the 
>late notice.
>
>I'm having trouble getting something that works in Ptolemy 
>II (4.0.1) to work in Kepler.
>I have a .jar file and some component description files 
>(.xml) that worked fine for Ptolemy II 
>(MyUserLibrary.xml), or through the Graph->ImportLibrary, 
> Graph->Save In Library items.
>
>However, if I do this in Kepler, no go (nothing shows up 
>in the component tree at least).
>I put the .jar file in the right place (I believe).
>
>I've been poking around in the Kepler tree under 
>configs/ptolemy/configs/kepler
>and I was looking at annotations.owl and ontology.owl, and 
>I believe that I could hack these things in by hand, if 
>need be, but I'd prefer to do it right.
>
>Sooo... what is the appropriate means of having your 
>components/actors show up in the Kepler GUI?
>
>Thanks.
>-Ralph
>seguin at lmsal.com
>rpseguin at gmail.com
>408-718-4632
>