Building the Library

1. Comfirm you have a working version of Ant installed.
2. Download the source jar from SourceForge.
3. Extract the code from the source jar. It will expand into a folder called YetAnotherSwingLib with the following files and sub-folders:
   • build.xml
   • /deployment
   • /lib (This folder is a placeholder for future use.)
   • /logging-props
   • /source
   • /source-slf4j
4. Execute the following in the same folder as build.xml: ant build. The build.xml file has the following targets:
   • api: creates API documentation in the JavaDoc format.
   • build: compiles all source files and creates all jars.
   • clean: removes all files created by the build.
   • clean-build: executes clean then build.

The output from the build will be located in the deployment folder. The build will create four jar files:

• yasl-arch-1.0.jar: contains all the classes required to implement the architecture. The packages included are: org/yasl/arch and org/yasl/xmlobjects.
• yasl-slf4j-1.0.jar: contains all the classes required for the yasl implementation of slf4j. The packages included are: org/slf4j, org/yasl/logging/interfaces, and org/yasl/logging/impl.
• yasl-components-1.0.jar: contains all the classes for the component library. The packages included are: org.yasl.about, org.yasl.componentlist, org.yasl.debugging, org.yasl.jars, org.yasl.layout, org.yasl.logging.component, org.yasl.logging.interfaces, org.yasl.tables, org.yasl.text, org.yasl.util, and org.yasl.xmlobjects.
• yasl-testapp-1.0.jar: contains the classes, xml config, and properties required to run the test application. The packages and files included are: org/yasl/testapp, yaslslf4jlogging.properties, and manifest.testapp.mf.

Running the Test Application

You can run the test application with the following command: java -jar yasl-testapp-1.0.jar. The sole purpose of this application is to test components and architecture features. Note that the test application depends on the other three yasl jars. These jars (slf4j-api-1.3.0.jar; yasl-arch-1.0.jar; yasl-slf4j-1.0.jar; yasl-components-1.0.jar) must be in the same folder as the test application jar.