Fix JAR cache to allow running from class files

If the Platform class is coming from a .class file (instead
of from a JAR), disables use of the temp JAR cache. This allows
apps to run against JOGL class files as well as JAR files,
which is useful when running from within an IDE like Eclipse.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/java/com/jogamp/common/os/Platform.java b/src/java/com/jogamp/common/os/Platform.java
index af795d1..55210ce 100644
--- a/src/java/com/jogamp/common/os/Platform.java
+++ b/src/java/com/jogamp/common/os/Platform.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public class Platform {
         
         os_and_arch = getOSAndArch(OS_TYPE, CPU_ARCH);
         
-        USE_TEMP_JAR_CACHE = OS_TYPE != OSType.ANDROID &&
+        USE_TEMP_JAR_CACHE = (OS_TYPE != OSType.ANDROID) && !isRunningFromClassFile() &&
             AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Boolean>() {
                 public Boolean run() {
                     return Boolean.valueOf(Debug.getBooleanProperty(true, useTempJarCachePropName, true, AccessController.getContext()));
@@ -233,6 +233,22 @@ public class Platform {
 
     private Platform() {}
 
+    /* Used to disable JAR caching if we're not running from a JAR.
+     *
+     * If you build JOGL in an IDE like Eclipse, it's possible for other projects in your
+     * workspace to depend directly on the JOGL class files rather than on the built JAR files.
+     * This allows you to turn off JAR file creation in your JOGL Ant build to speed up the
+     * build, and allows Eclipse to resolve dependencies to auto-built class files before
+     * the Ant build even runs (which is not until after file save).
+     *
+     * @return true if we're running from a class file, false if we're running some other
+     * way (like from a JAR file).
+     */
+    private static boolean isRunningFromClassFile() {
+        URL url = Platform.class.getResource( "Platform.class" );
+        return( url.getProtocol().equalsIgnoreCase( "file" ) );
+    }
+    
     private static boolean queryIsLittleEndianImpl() {
         ByteBuffer tst_b = Buffers.newDirectByteBuffer(Buffers.SIZEOF_INT); // 32bit in native order
         IntBuffer tst_i = tst_b.asIntBuffer();