[kepler-dev] [Bug 3020] New: - Exporting an actor to a kar does not include internal jars

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3020

           Summary: Exporting an actor to a kar does not include internal
                    jars
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 1.0.0beta3
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org


It is now possible to include jars with class files needed by an actor inside a
kar file. One can add these kars to the kar/actors/ directory or load them from
the File/Import Archive menu. Note that these kar files are currently created
by 'hand' and are of use in inserting new actors without rebuilding all of
Kepler.

However, if one tries to create a kar from an actor in the work area, the jar
information is lost! That seems to be because the kar is built only from the
moml of the display which does not know that a kar for the actor already
exists! (I think the same problem occurs when Uploading to the Registry.)

The menu action to create a kar should check to see if a kar already exists and
modify it as necessary. Or an additional dialog should appear that allow the
user to add various resources to the created kar.