Plugins getting deleted

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Hi,

I’'ve written a plugin for Messenger 2.1.1, which is working fine, but… the entire plugin directory is deleted after the server starts - the sequence of events is as follows:

  1. I create /plugins/testPlugin

  2. I create /plugins/testPlugin/classes

  3. I put plugin.xml in /plugins/testPlugin

  4. I put my classes in /plugins/testPlugin/classes

  5. I start the server

  6. The server initialises my plugin

  7. The server destroys my plugin (almost immediately)

  8. The server deletes /plugins/testPlugin

Is this expected functionality, or a bug? If it’'s expected, it would be useful if it was possible to turn it off, so that particular plugins can be loaded every time the server starts.

Thanks,

Mark

2

Mark,

We probably need to clarify the plugin document a bit more. Plugins must be deployed as JAR files. Jive Messenger will then automatically expand the JAR file into a directory. When the JAR file is not there, Messenger assumes that you want the plugin deleted, so it deletes the expanded directory.

Regards,

Matt

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Excellent - works a treat. If I’'d read the plugin documentation carefully I would have known that.

Thanks,

Mark