Hello Siva, You can easily do this. What you need to do is get your actor's java class compiled and put in the kepler classpath. then, to add it to the actor library, create a directory under src/actors that is the name of your actor. add a MANIFEST and actor metadata file for your actor, then run 'ant buildkarlib' from inside the kepler directory. This will create a KAR (kepler archive) file for your actor and put it in the kepler/kar/actors directory where it should be read the next time kepler starts. You can look in any of the other src/actor directories to see examples of how to build the directory for your actor. Note that the LSID of your actor and of the kar file (set in the MANIFEST file) must be unique. There is a readme file that should tell you what the last lsid used is in the 'kar' and 'actor' namespaces.
Let us know if you need any other help. We're also available on IRC at irc.ecoinformatics.org (#kepler) if you'd like real-time help. thanks for your interest in kepler, chad Sivagowri Swaminathan wrote: > Hi > > I am quite new to the kepler system and I would like to use it for my > project. I need some information about how to use custom java classes as > 'actors' in a workflow ? > > What I am trying to acheive is: > > I have a java class that displays a greeting. I need to invoke the class as > a textdisplay actor. > > is it possible for me to incorporate the java class directly into the actors > library? It is my understanding that only MOML/xml files can be incorporated > as actors. > > can somebody help me please? > > Thanx > Siva > > > _______________________________________________ > Kepler-users mailing list > Kepler-users at ecoinformatics.org > http://mercury.nceas.ucsb.edu/ecoinformatics/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users >
