Distribution

The distribution of the components of the Protoframework project is available on sourceforge at the following address: sourceforge.net/projects/protoframework/. The files for the last version are usually found in the sourceforge.net/projects/protoframework/files/ under the last version number.

Content of the distribution

The distribution publish the following files:

Core framework

To use the core framework with your own modules, you only need to download the following file:

• Protoframework-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the framework
• Protoframework-wiki-<version>.zip: this wiki as a zipped file

Built-in modules

To use a built-in module, you need to download the associated file:

• joystick-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in Joystick Service provider
• ivyModule-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in Ivy module
• scenario-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in Scenario engine
• Meteo-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in Meteo module
• Jena-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in Jena module
• externalComm-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in externalComm module
• serviceMerger-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in serviceMerger module
• tacticalEnv-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in tacticalEnv module
• tacticalRules-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in tacticalRules module
• userInputs-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in userInputs module
• xulInterface-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in xulInterface module
• UAApplication-bin-<version>.zip: the zipped binaries of the built-in UA Application module

See built-in Applications for the content of the distribution for each built-in module.

Installation

To install the Protoframework project, just uncompress the Protoframework-<version>.zip zipped binaries. The distrib sub-directory contains all the necessary jar files to use the framework.

You however will need a Java 8 JVM to run the tool.

Files useful only for the developer

• Protoframework-src-<version>.zip: the zipped source of the project. It contains the full Netbeans project for J661, excluding the test directory
• Protoframework-docs-<version>.zip: the zipped javadoc for the project source
• Protoframework-tests-<version>.zip: the zipped source of the Unit tests directory

Open in Netbeans

To deploy the Protoframework project to work on it on Netbeans, just uncompress the Protoframework-src-<version>.zip zipped source files. To run the Unit tests, you will also have to uncompres the Protoframework-tests-<version>.zip zipped tests, and put the test subdirectory in the same directory as the source:

      protoframework
      ----- lib/
      ----- nbproject/
      ----- src/
      ----- test/