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How to install,run and test JDPF

Installation

We are still at a early stage in our development. Thus, installation process is still not friendly as we would like it to be:

1] In order to install and run JDPF you need to run Maven 2.x. If you haven't installed it yet you can download it here (You will find detailed information on the installation procedure at the bottom of the downlading page).

2] When Maven has been installed correctly, you are ready to download the temporary distribution we created for you. It is a compressed file. Extract it in a suitable location (see note on the bottom).

3] Now it is time to run maven. Open a shell, enter the root of the extracted package and type:

mvn clean install


NOTE: We suggest for now to put it in a directory closed to the root and with a path which is not containing spaces (Ex: c:/jdpf/). This is because we are experiencing some problems (under windows) related to package names lenght. We are working on it.

Running

As we are still at a early stage in our development, we provide a simple graphic user interface to load the components and the parameters to run them. We are working on a Rich Client Platform application that will make all this extremely easy (this is going to be published by January and you can already see a couple of screencasts here and here).

it is time to run maven again (always in the root of the extracted package). Type:

mvn pax:provision


The simple graphic user interface should pop up. Have a look to the screencast for its usage.

Testing

In order for you to test JDPF, we are listing here a series of components (nets) defined through XML files. For each net we provide also one or more XML parametrization files.

Example 1 (Generator - Range Filter - Serializer):
Net 1, Parameters file (Remember to change the path in the parameter file)

Example 2 (Image Generator - to Grayscale Filter - Image Serialzier):
Net 2 , Parameters file (Remember to change the path in the parameter file)

Example 3: (Image Generator - to Grayscale Filter - Image Histograms - Image/Histogram Serialzier):
Net 3 , Parameters file (Remember to change the path in the parameter file)