Not sure I see the need to make the CAG a webstart app (downloading the
bin each time to me has always seemed a waste if you're not worried
about somebody dissembling code), but looks like you're off to a great
start.
Actually, that's not how webstart works. If your machine is logged on to
the internet, webstart checks the server from where the application in
question was originally downloaded. Then JWS checks to see if the code
has been altered since the application has been last used. Only then
does it download the jar files. And even then, it only downloads the
files that require updating. If the user doesn't have access to the
internet or the user has the current version of the software, JWS simply
runs the application from where it's cached on the user's machine. If
you know what directory to look under on your computer you can find any
code that has been run through JWS, so it's not really much of a defense
against somebody disassembling the code.
Basically, JWS is a really user friendly way of installing Java software
on just about any OS without the user having to worry about setting the
classpath or memory heap. Heck, JWS will even put the application's icon
on your desktop for you. Of course, a user needs to have Java2 and JWS
installed on his/her system to get the application to run.
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Aaron.Bergstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Computer Visualization Manager
Archaeology Technologies Lab, NDSU
701-231-6434
http://atl.ndsu.edu/
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