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Exception in the plain java client when run from commandline


Caner Kaplıca (121) | asked Jul 29 '10, 12:13 p.m.
I have implemented a plain java client which uses REST API.
It works fine when it is run inside of RTC, right clicking the class and using 'Run as Java Application' command. But when i export the project as runnable jar and invoke it from the command line of Windows, it throws the following error:

C:\Documents and Settings\u058592\Desktop\rtc>java -jar workitemvalidator.jar
started...
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.ibm.team.repository.client.internal.TeamRepository.<init>(TeamRep
ository.java:387)
at com.ibm.team.repository.client.internal.TeamRepositoryService.createS
haredTeamRepository(TeamRepositoryService.java:366)
at com.ibm.team.repository.client.internal.TeamRepositoryService.getTeam
Repository(TeamRepositoryService.java:91)
at com.ibm.team.repository.client.internal.TeamRepositoryService.getTeam
Repository(TeamRepositoryService.java:110)
at snippets.WorkItemValidator.login(WorkItemValidator.java:70)
at snippets.WorkItemValidator.main(WorkItemValidator.java:52)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The type name Contributor and the
namespace URI com.ibm.team.repository do not resolve to an IItemType.
at
com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.querypath.AbstractQueryPathMo
del$Implementation.getItemType(AbstractQueryPathModel.java:190)
at com.ibm.team.repository.common.query.IQuery$Factory.newInstance(IQuer
y.java:92)
at com.ibm.team.repository.client.internal.ContributorManager.createAllC
ontributorsQuery(ContributorManager.java:57)
at com.ibm.team.repository.client.internal.ContributorManager.<clinit>(C
ontributorManager.java:45)
... 6 more


I don't see the difference between running via Eclipse or Command Line that can cause such an exception. Anyone have an idea?

Thanks in advance.

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Nick Edgar (6.5k711) | answered Nov 22 '10, 9:36 a.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER
Interesting. Perhaps the class path was missing one of the required jars before.

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Sylvain LEQUEUX (2132728) | answered Nov 18 '10, 3:51 a.m.
The TeamPlatform.startup call has been done in the programm before getting the Item types.

http://jazz.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9722&highlight=contributor

Running with -Djava.ext.dirs option solved this problem.

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Nick Edgar (6.5k711) | answered Nov 17 '10, 8:53 a.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER
Are you running:

import com.ibm.team.repository.client.TeamPlatform;
...
if (!TeamPlatform.isStarted()) {
TeamPlatform.startup();
}


This needs to be done as early as possible in your program, ideally in a static initializer to ensure all threads see the changes it makes. It initializes the EMF package and item type registries, among other things.

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Sylvain LEQUEUX (2132728) | answered Nov 17 '10, 7:52 a.m.
I got exactly the same problem. Does anyone know a solution for this problem ?

I tried :
com.ibm.team.repository.common.IItemType.IRegistry.INSTANCE.getAllItemTypes()

In RTC, I get 68 types. But, when I execute the jar, I get 0 types. That explain why Contributor does not resolve an IItemType.

The question is : why didn't I found the types ?

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