Bdb xml & python api

I've been experiencing problems trying to build the python api library against python 2.5 on a PC running Redhat Entrprise Linux 4 using dbxml-2.3.10.
If I run the following against python 2.3 I get no problems, and files _dbxml.so + dbxml.pyc are correctly created in /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages. Output being as follows:
[root@eld102 python]# /usr/bin/python2.3 /data/local/itjw/dbxml-2.3.10/dbxml/src/python/setup.py build
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building '_dbxml' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386
-mtune=pentium4 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fPIC -I../../include -
I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/include -I/usr/include/python2.3 -c
dbxml_python_wrap.cpp -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbxml_python_wrap.o
c++ -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbxml_python_wrap.o -
L../../build_unix/.libs -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/lib -
L/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -L/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -Wl,-
R../../build_unix/.libs -Wl,-R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/lib -Wl,-
R/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -ldbxml-2
-ldb_cxx-4 -lxqilla -lxerces-c -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/_dbxml.so
Initially when I ran again python 2.5 I got the following:
[root@eld102 python]# /usr/local/python2.5/bin/python /data/local/itjw/dbxml-2.3.10/dbxml/src/python/setup.py build
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building '_dbxml' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-
prototypes -fPIC -I../../include -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/include -
I/usr/local/python2.5/include/python2.5 -c dbxml_python_wrap.cpp -o
build/temp.linux-i686-2.5/dbxml_python_wrap.o
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for
Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
dbxml_python_wrap.cpp: In function `int SWIG_Python_ConvertFunctionPtr
(PyObject*, void**, swig_type_info*)':
dbxml_python_wrap.cpp:2058: error: invalid conversion from `const char*'
to `char*'
dbxml_python_wrap.cpp: In function `void SWIG_Python_FixMethods
(PyMethodDef*, swig_const_info*, swig_type_info**, swig_type_info**)':
dbxml_python_wrap.cpp:36695: error: invalid conversion from `const
char*' to `char*'
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
However, I have seen
Python API build problem and have gotten around this error, but now when I rerun the command, it gets nowhere and doesn't give any errors.
[root@eld102 python]# /usr/local/python2.5/bin/python /data/local/itjw/dbxml-2.3.10/dbxml/src/python/setup.py build
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
I have tried using the keyword --withBerkeleydb=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5 but this makes not difference as this is already picked up I believe.
Where am I going wrong here such that files _dbxml.so + dbxml.pyc are not created for python 2.5?
I'm not familiar with python or dbxml so a reply in layman's terms would be appreciated.

Thanks for your help, George. It's easy when you know how.
Output from both builds is now very similar:
from Python 2.3:
[root@eld102 python]# /usr/bin/python2.3 /data/local/itjw/dbxml-2.3.10/dbxml/src/python/setup.py build
running build
running build_py
creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.3
copying dbxml.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.3
running build_ext
building '_dbxml' extension
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fPIC -I../../include -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/include -I/usr/include/python2.3 -c dbxml_python_wrap.cpp -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbxml_python_wrap.o
c++ -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/dbxml_python_wrap.o -L../../build_unix/.libs -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/lib -L/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -L/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -Wl,-R../../build_unix/.libs -Wl,-R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -ldbxml-2 -ldb_cxx-4 -lxqilla -lxerces-c -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/_dbxml.so
from Python 2.5:
[root@eld102 python]# /usr/local/python2.5/bin/python /data/local/itjw/dbxml-2.3.10/dbxml/src/python/setup.py build
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.5
copying dbxml.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.5
running build_ext
building '_dbxml' extension
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.5
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I../../include -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/include -I/usr/local/python2.5/include/python2.5 -c dbxml_python_wrap.cpp -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.5/dbxml_python_wrap.o
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
g++ -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.5/dbxml_python_wrap.o -L../../build_unix/.libs -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/lib -L/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -L/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -Wl,-R../../build_unix/.libs -Wl,-R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.5/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/dbxml-2.3.10/lib -ldbxml-2 -ldb_cxx-4 -lxqilla -lxerces-c -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/_dbxml.so
The contents of the build subdirectory of /data/local/itjw/dbxml-2.3.10/dbxml/src/python contains:
lib.linux-i686-2.3:
total 2320
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2322571 Jul 13 09:54 _dbxml.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42998 Nov 17 2006 dbxml.py
lib.linux-i686-2.5:
total 3536
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3568227 Jul 13 09:41 _dbxml.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42998 Nov 17 2006 dbxml.py
temp.linux-i686-2.3:
total 3672
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3755480 Jul 13 09:54 dbxml_python_wrap.o
temp.linux-i686-2.5:
total 5680
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5802548 Jul 13 09:41 dbxml_python_wrap.o
I think the bit about creation of _dbxml.so + dbxml.pyc at 2.3 and not 2.5 was probably a red herring; when I deleted these files and re-ran the 2.3 build they were not recreated in /usr/lib/python2.3.
However, can you confirm that the build has done what it should, and if so, are files from the build directory copied ( do they need to be copied elsewhere) in order for the python api library to work correctly? Perhaps I have missed a keyword in the build?
Jonathan

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   Delegation Mode: PARENT_FIRST
   [1] com.ibm.ws.classloader.JarClassLoader@777399894 Local Classpath: Delegation mode: PARENT_FIRSTEdited by: romanshtekelman on Sep 9, 2010 7:34 AM

For future reference...
We followed the following instructions and created a shared lib.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12524_01/web.1013/e12290/opensrc.htm#BABDDAIF
We resolved most of our class loading issues.
BR//Bahman

How to install BDB XML on shared server?

Hi All,
1. I want to install BDB XML on a shared server (bluehost). Can anyone suggest me how to do it? Since I dont have enough permissions, some of the 'php shared extensions' are not being installed. I get warning like-
Installing shared extensions: /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/
cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/#INST@343#': Permission denied
make: *** [install-modules] Error 1
2. Also, how can I add new libraries to library path? (Again no permission)
Any help on these issues would be highly appreciated,
Thanking you in anticipation.

I'm talking about Berkeley DB XML, just in case it was not clear.

How to determine host status in a task via python api

Hello all,
using the python api I am having some issues trying to determine the status of a host within a task. For example I have a job, with one task and 10 hosts associated with that task. Eight hosts finish the task, 2 fail. However via the api I can only seem to determine the status of the job and the task. What I want is to be able to generate a report that basically matches what you see via the gui (ie 8 hosts ok, 2 hosts failed). The data structure OnStageTaskData gives me a status and a list of hosts, but not a status for each host. (Note I am not using any of the depricated functions/data structures). Currently my code looks like (minus the api init, etc)...
# list all the jobs for last week
joblist = api.GetJobs()
for job in joblist:
# if the job occured in the last week
if job.c_time > reportstarttime:
print "\nJob name %s Time %s " %(job.name, time.ctime(job.c_time))
try:
jobdetails = api.GetOnStageJob(job.id)
except COsApiJobNotFoundException:
print "Can't find job %s details" %job.name
continue
for tasks in jobdetails.job_data.tasks:
for hostid in tasks.task_data.target:
try:
hostinfo = api.GetHostGroup(hostid)
except OsApiHostNotFoundException:
print "Can't find host details %s" %tasks.task_data.name
print "Hostname %s Status %s" %(hostinfo.name, tasks.status)
which generates output like...
Job name chg233146-sol9 Time Sun Jan 13 10:31:42 2008
Hostname tacnomsrv02 Status Failed
Hostname tacpthsrv01 Status Failed
anyone have another way to doing this or suggestions? Or is this kind of info not available via the api? Thank you.

Hi ConnectSolutions,
As you correctly pointed out, there is some bug in our code
that keeps the room active and you dont receive any events or
notification if you are entering as guest and waiting and the host
arrives. Also, since you havent entered yet i.e your role is still
5 i.e. UserRoles.LOBBY , you can't access any of the UserManager's
collections and will get a length of 0 always. We will be fixing
this with priority .
But you can get around the problem as of now, by having a
small shared model of yours ( any collectionNode or sharedModel
will do) where you create a node and publish a message on it from
the Owner's side whenever the owner/host enters to notify everyone
that he has entered. Just remember to set the accessmodel of
NodeConfiguration of node on which you are publishing to LOBBY ie.
role = 5 , and make the publishModel = 100 so that only owners can
publish on this node. In this way , any users waiting will be
receiving this message and will know the host has arrived. If you
can't get this sharedModel concept to work, let me know. I will try
to run on my side.
And as of our side regarding actual fix, we will fix this use
case and put in the next drop of SDK and also update in forum about
it.
On the host side though, he is always notified when he enters
if there are pending users knocking to enter. See the KnockingQueue
example in case you want to explore that.
Thanks
Hironmay Basu

How to trigger xml publisher API (ex:Delivering Documents via e-Mail)?

Dear All:
How to use xml publisher API ?
In user's guide always talk API's code.(ex:Delivering Documents via e-Mail
// create delivery manager instance
DeliveryManager dm = new DeliveryManager();
// create a delivery request
DeliveryRequest req =
dm.createRequest(DeliveryManager.TYPE_SMTP_EMAIL);
// set email subject
req.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_SUBJECT, "Invoice");
// set SMTP server host
req.addProperty(
DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_HOST, "mysmtphost");
// set the sender email address
req.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_FROM,
"[email protected]");
// set the destination email address
req.addProperty(
DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_TO_RECIPIENTS,
"[email protected], [email protected]" );
// set the content type of the email body
req.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_CONTENT_TYPE,
"text/html");
// set the document file name appeared in the email
req.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_CONTENT_FILENAME,
"body.html");
// set the document to deliver
req.setDocument("/document/invoice.html");
// submit the request
req.submit();
// close the request
req.close(); )
Not say how to use this code to account effect !!
Having anybody to use API before?
Please tell me how to use that,thanks!!
BY Emily_ye

Hi Emily
I had the same question. After much research and a lot of deduction I produced the following:
import oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Vector;
import oracle.apps.fnd.util.*;
import oracle.apps.xdo.XDOException;
import oracle.apps.xdo.common.pdf.util.PDFDocMerger;
import oracle.apps.xdo.delivery.DeliveryException;
import oracle.apps.xdo.delivery.DeliveryManager;
import oracle.apps.xdo.delivery.DeliveryPropertyDefinitions;
import oracle.apps.xdo.delivery.DeliveryRequest;
import oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleCallableStatement;
public class RunTravProgram implements JavaConcurrentProgram {
CpContext mCtx; // global reference to concurrent program context
LogFile logFile; // global reference to context logfile
OutFile outFile; // global reference to context outfile
Connection mConn = null;
ReqCompletion lRC;
//File Separator
private String mFileSeparator;
// globals for template
String XDOAppShortName = "";
String XDOtemplateCode = "";
// hard-wired constants for template addition
final String XDOLanguage = "en";
final String XDOTerritory = "US";
final String XDOFinal_format = "PDF";
final String XDOtemplateType = "TEMPLATE_SOURCE";
String PDFFile = "";
String outFilePath = "";
String progShortName = "";
String progDesc = "";
Integer iRequestID = 0;
String sWatermark = ""; // watermark text
String emailAddress = ""; // Not Implemented
String emailServer = "";
public static final String M_SUCCESS = "SUCCESS";
public static final String M_ERROR = "ERROR";
public static final String M_WARNING = "WARNING";
* Create a Java FND ConcurrentRequest objec to call fnd_request.submit_request
* The first three parameters are:
* Application Short Name -- Application Short name (ie. WAHC)
* Current Program Short Name -- Concurrent Program being called
* Current Program Description -- description for above
* These should be the first three parameters passed by the concurrent
* program in this order. The next two are constants set to null
* These are followed by the parameters passed by the first concurrent
* program that are being passed to the next concurrent program.
* I am limiting the parameter list to ten for now.
// Dynamic PLSQL statement used to get a concurrent request completion status
// This is necessary because the java class does not provide this method :-(
String mGetCompleteStatus =
"DECLARE R_VAL BOOLEAN; " + "b_phase VARCHAR2 (80) := NULL; " +
"b_status VARCHAR2 (80) := NULL; " +
"b_dev_phase VARCHAR2 (80) := NULL; " +
"b_dev_status VARCHAR2 (80) := NULL; " +
"b_message VARCHAR2 (240) := NULL; " + "BEGIN " +
"r_val := fnd_concurrent.wait_for_request (:1,5,1000," +
"b_phase,b_status,b_dev_phase,b_dev_status,b_message); " +
":2 := b_phase; " + ":3 := b_status; " + ":4 := b_message; " + "end;";
public RunTravProgram() {
// no constructor necessary for now
* Concurrent Processing provides an interface 'JavaConcurrentProgram' with abstract method
* runProgram() which passes the concurrent processing context 'CpContext'. The concurrent
* program developer will implement all of their business logic for a concurrent program in
* runProgram(). The main() method, implemented by AOL, will call runProgram() after
* performing all of the required initialization for the concurrent program, including
* establishing a database connection, initializing the required contexts, and setting up
* the log and output files. CpContext will have the request specific log and output
* file input methods
public void runProgram(CpContext pCpContext) {
mCtx = pCpContext;
OracleCallableStatement lStmt = null;
boolean bCompletion = true;
String sPhase = "";
String sStatus = "";
String sMessage = "";
//get handle on request completion object for reporting status
lRC = pCpContext.getReqCompletion();
// assign logfile
logFile = pCpContext.getLogFile();
// assign outfile
outFile = pCpContext.getOutFile();
// assign fileseparator
mFileSeparator = getFileSeparator();
// get the JDBC connection object
mConn = pCpContext.getJDBCConnection();
outFilePath =
((new File(outFile.getFileName())).getParent() == null ? "" :
(new File(outFile.getFileName())).getParent() +
mFileSeparator);
logFile.writeln("OutFile File Path: -> " + outFilePath, 0);
// get parameter list object from CpContext
// these come from the concurrent program
ParameterList lPara = pCpContext.getParameterList();
// create a temporary array and retrieve the parameters created by
// the program. Currently limiting the number of parameters to 10 for now
String pvals[] = new String[10];
int pcount = 0;
while (lPara.hasMoreElements()) {
NameValueType aNVT = lPara.nextParameter();
pvals[pcount] = aNVT.getValue();
pcount++;
if (pcount > 9)
break;
// send parameter values to the log file
logFile.writeln("Arg 1: APPL_SHORT_NAME -> " + pvals[0], 0);
logFile.writeln("Arg 2: CURR_PROG_SHORT_NAME -> " + pvals[1], 0);
logFile.writeln("Arg 3: CURR_PROG_DESCRIPTION -> " + pvals[2], 0);
logFile.writeln("Arg 4: TEMPLATE_CODE -> " + pvals[3], 0);
logFile.writeln("Arg 5: P_PLANT_CODE -> " + pvals[4], 0);
logFile.writeln("Arg 6: P_BATCH_NO -> " + pvals[5], 0);
logFile.writeln("Arg 7: P_SHOW_PROMISE -> " + pvals[6], 0);
logFile.writeln("Arg 8: P_WATERMARK -> " + pvals[7], 0);
XDOtemplateCode = pvals[3]; // store the template name globally
progShortName = pvals[1]; // store the program short name globally
XDOAppShortName = pvals[0]; // store the application short name
sWatermark = pvals[7]; // store the watermark globally
progDesc = pvals[2];
try {
// create a concurrent request object
ConcurrentRequest cr = new ConcurrentRequest(mConn);
// use the parameters to call fnd_request.submit_request
cr.addLayout(XDOAppShortName, XDOtemplateCode, XDOLanguage,
XDOTerritory, XDOFinal_format);
Vector param = new Vector();
param.add(pvals[4]); // plant code
param.add(pvals[5]); // batch ID
param.add(pvals[6]); // Show SO info flag
iRequestID =
cr.submitRequest(XDOAppShortName, progShortName, progDesc,
null, false, param);
mConn.commit();
// send the request ID to the log file
logFile.writeln("-- Request ID: ->" + Integer.toString(iRequestID),
0);
// call fnd_concurrent.wait_for_request to wait until the request
// has ended - use this to check the request status before proceeding
lStmt =
(OracleCallableStatement)mConn.prepareCall(mGetCompleteStatus);
lStmt.setInt(1, iRequestID);
lStmt.registerOutParameter(2, java.sql.Types.VARCHAR, 0, 255);
lStmt.registerOutParameter(3, java.sql.Types.VARCHAR, 0, 255);
lStmt.registerOutParameter(4, java.sql.Types.VARCHAR, 0, 255);
lStmt.execute();
// get the results of the completion
sPhase = lStmt.getString(2);
sStatus = lStmt.getString(3);
sMessage = lStmt.getString(4);
lStmt.close();
// send the results of the request processing to the log file
logFile.writeln("-- Phase: -> " + sPhase, 0);
logFile.writeln("-- Status: -> " + sStatus, 0);
logFile.writeln("-- Message: -> " + sMessage, 0);
// test here to make sure it completed correctly
if (sPhase.equals("Completed") && sStatus.equals("Normal")) {
// construct the PDF file name generated by the called request
PDFFile = progShortName + "_" + iRequestID + "_1.pdf";
// add a watermark to the generated PDF
// create an output stream for the existing PDF
// and set ouput to append
OutputStream pdfout =
new FileOutputStream(outFilePath + PDFFile, true);
// create an inputstream array (required by calling method)
InputStream pdfin[] = new InputStream[1];
pdfin[0] = new FileInputStream(outFilePath + PDFFile);
// add the watermark passed as a parameter
bCompletion = addWatermark(pdfin, pdfout);
// assign the modified file to the context out
// this will print using this request
if (bCompletion)
outFile.setOutFile(outFilePath + PDFFile);
// release the connection object
// and set the completion status for the request
if (bCompletion) {
pCpContext.getReqCompletion().setCompletion(ReqCompletion.NORMAL,
} else {
lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.WARNING, M_WARNING);
pCpContext.releaseJDBCConnection();
} catch (SQLException s) {
logFile.writeln("SQL Error: Exception thrown w/ error message: " +
s.getMessage(), 0);
lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.WARNING, M_WARNING);
pCpContext.releaseJDBCConnection();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
logFile.writeln("IO Error: Exception thrown w/ error message: " +
ioe.getMessage(), 0);
lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.WARNING, M_WARNING);
pCpContext.releaseJDBCConnection();
} catch (Exception e) {
logFile.writeln("General Exception: " + e.getMessage(), 0);
lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.WARNING, M_WARNING);
pCpContext.releaseJDBCConnection();
} finally {
try {
if (lStmt != null)
lStmt.close();
pCpContext.releaseJDBCConnection();
} catch (SQLException e) {
logFile.writeln(e.getMessage(), 0);
lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.WARNING, M_WARNING);
* addWatermark()
* @param pdfin
* @param pdfout
* @return boolean
* This method will work for an existing document or a newly generated
* one. Set the outputstream append flag to false for a new document
* and true for an existing one.
* NOTE: PDFDocMerger requires an inputstream array even if it only
* contains one document.
private boolean addWatermark(InputStream[] pdfin, OutputStream pdfout) {
if (!sWatermark.equals("")) {
try {
PDFDocMerger docMerger = new PDFDocMerger(pdfin, pdfout);
//docMerger.setTextDefaultWatermark(sWatermark);
docMerger.setTextWatermark(sWatermark, 80f, 50f);
docMerger.setTextWatermarkAngle(25);
docMerger.setTextWatermarkColor(1.0f, .50f, .50f);
docMerger.setTextWatermarkFont("Garamond", 100);
docMerger.process();
docMerger = null;
return true;
} catch (XDOException e) {
logFile.writeln("Watermark process Failed: " + e.getMessage(),
0);
return false;
return true;
* Returns the file separator
private String getFileSeparator() {
return (System.getProperty("file.separator"));
* EBSEmailDelivery
* @return
* Just for testing right now.
private boolean EBSEmailDelivery() {
if (!emailAddress.equals("")) {
try {
// create delivery manager instance
DeliveryManager delMgr = new DeliveryManager();
// create a delivery request
DeliveryRequest delReq =
delMgr.createRequest(DeliveryManager.TYPE_SMTP_EMAIL);
// set email subject
delReq.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_SUBJECT,
"EBS Report:" + progDesc +
" for request: " + iRequestID);
// set SMTP server host
delReq.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_HOST,
emailServer); // need to supply the email smtp server
// set the sender email address
delReq.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_FROM,
emailAddress);
// set the destination email address
delReq.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_TO_RECIPIENTS,
emailAddress);
// set the content type of the email body
delReq.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_CONTENT_TYPE,
"application/pdf");
// set the document file name appeared in the email
delReq.addProperty(DeliveryPropertyDefinitions.SMTP_CONTENT_FILENAME,
PDFFile);
// set the document to deliver
delReq.setDocument(outFilePath + PDFFile);
// submit the request
delReq.submit();
// close the request
delReq.close();
return true;
} catch (DeliveryException de) {
logFile.writeln("email process Failed: " + de.getMessage(), 0);
return false;
return true;
This is the class for a JCP I created to perform the following:
1) Launch an existing Concurrent Program that produces PDF output
2) Grab the PDF and apply a watermark based on user input or conditions
3) associate the modified PDF to CP output for PASTA printing
It isn't elegant but it is fairly simple. I added the email capability and tested it but am not implementing it at the present time.
there is a fair amount of information out there that explains how to create a JCP councurrent program but very little that demonstrates the class needed.
I hope this helps

BDB XML 2.2.13 on Linux (CentOs)

I installed BDB XML 2.2.13 on Linux machine. I have a few questions:
1. How do I set DB_HOME so that I don't need to give directory each time I run dbxml?
2. How do I create a container inside of another container: by saying this, the path I am looking for is db/tv_show. I want to have a container called "db" and inside of the container would be "tv_show"
3. How can I list all the containers that I have already created?
Thanks.

Hi Agnes,
1) DB_HOME was broken in DB XML 2.2.13. It has been fixed in DB XML 2.3.9, which I suggest you upgrade to.
2) DB XML does not directly support creating containers inside other containers. You could emulate this behaviour using a custom XmlResolver, but for performance reasons I don't suggest you do that.
3) DB XML does not keep track of what containers exist - that is left for the user application to do. Most people find that this isn't necessary, but if it is a simple solution is to create a known container specifically to hold this information.
John

Installing BDB XML and including it into a java application

Hi there :)
I'm new to BDB XML and I've got some questions about it :
1/ The documentation says about BDB XML that it is based on BDB. Does it mean that I need to install the standard BDB first to use BDB XML ? (I'm pretty sure I don't have to but I would like a confirmation =))
2/ I want to developp a web application which will use BDB XML. The documentation says I need to add some jars into my project to use it but do I need to install it on my computer (Windows XP) first ? (with the .msi file ?)
3/ Where will the xml files be physically stored after I add them into the database ? (what is the default database folder on the hard disk ?)
Thank you for you help :)
Regards,
Gary

Hi Gary,
1) You need to install only DB XML. BDB is bundled with DB XML, so you don't have to worry.
2) Yes, you need to add two jars: db.jar and dbxml.jar. But these jars depend on native DB XML libraries, so you will have to install DB XML anyway: only jars wouldn't be sufficient. Moreover, I would recommend to install DB XML from sources providing the --enable-java+ flag to the buildall.sh script
3) All XML files will be stored in a container or containers (depending on how many of those you will decide to utilize in your application). It is up to you where you are going to reside DB XML environment/containers -- DB XML is quite low-level XML-database.
Hope this helps,
Vyacheslav

Bdb xml & python api

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