Hi Pierre, This is a minor issue that we can fix easily by looking at the XML parsing code I don't think it's a big deal.
I am assuming you're working on the ecommerce demo data right? For testing purposes for now I would suggest that you enable the example component, it does not have anything required by the inner components. Taher Alkhateeb On Aug 2, 2016 12:30 PM, "Pierre Smits" <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > While working on OFBIZ-7016 (removing dependencies on e-commerce), I tested > also whether it was possible to do a deployment without any of the special > purpose components activated. > First, I tested this by commenting out all components in the > component-load.xml file in the specialpurpose folder. > > This generated following error: > > 2016-08-02 11:18:38,224 |main |ComponentContainer > |I| Auto-Loading component directory : > [/Users/pierre/dev/ofbiz/ofbiz-gradle/specialpurpose] > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException > > at > java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableCollection.<init>(Collections.java:1026) > > at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableList.<init>(Collections.java:1302) > > at java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList(Collections.java:1287) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.component.ComponentLoaderConfig.getComponentsFromConfig(ComponentLoaderConfig.java:105) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.container.ComponentContainer.loadComponentDirectory(ComponentContainer.java:144) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.container.ComponentContainer.loadComponentFromConfig(ComponentContainer.java:129) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.container.ComponentContainer.loadComponents(ComponentContainer.java:95) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.container.ComponentContainer.init(ComponentContainer.java:73) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.container.ContainerLoader.loadContainer(ContainerLoader.java:186) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.container.ContainerLoader.load(ContainerLoader.java:98) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.start.StartupControlPanel.loadStartupLoaders(StartupControlPanel.java:249) > > at > > org.apache.ofbiz.base.start.StartupControlPanel.start(StartupControlPanel.java:72) > > at org.apache.ofbiz.base.start.Start.main(Start.java:84) > > I also tested with the component-load.xml file removed from the > specialpurpose folder. > > This generated the following build error: > > FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. > > > * Where: > > Script '/Users/pierre/dev/ofbiz/ofbiz-gradle/common.gradle' line: 22 > > > * What went wrong: > > A problem occurred evaluating settings 'ofbiz'. > > > /Users/pierre/dev/ofbiz/ofbiz-gradle/specialpurpose/component-load.xml > (No such file or directory) > > It seems to me there is - currently - a hard coded requirement on > > 1. the existence of component-load.xml in the special purpose folder, > and > 2. at least 1 special purpose component listed in the component-load.xml > file > > However, it is very well possible that an adopter decides to *not* use any > of the special purpose components. And also, the discussion of the 'plugin > deployment/activation' solution seems to suggest that it is even possible > to deactivate all special purpose components (remove from > component-load.xml?). > > I believe we should more carefully look into this regarding how we deal > with this scenario. > > WDYT? > > Best regards, > > Pierre Smits > > ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> > OFBiz based solutions & services > > OFBiz Extensions Marketplace > http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ >
