Signing jnlp and using $$codebase-variable

[Marcus Lindblom]

Hello all!

I have a problem which I cannot find a way around (if there is one?).

In our product we have a GUI which we use JWS to run.
The jar-file containing the jnlp-file is signed at package-time and we cannot tell where the product will be installed so we have used the JnlpDownloadServlet to set the $$codebase variable.
The problem is that the signed jnlp-file will always differ from the one JWS wants to start since the signed one will look something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><jnlp  spec="1.6+"  codebase="$$codebase"  href="guistart.jnlp">

and the user will get this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><jnlp  spec="1.6+"  codebase="http://<IP>:<port>/<productversion>/"  href="guistart.jnlp">

Anyone know if there is a solution to the problem?

[Maneesh Godbole]

Marcus,

Welcome to the Ranch.
Have you considered generating the JNLP file from a servlet?