Plugin not found in RapidMiner 4.X
I've tried to add a custom control to RapidMiner 4.4 and I wasn't able to do it. I think I've done all the steps in the right way but It is not working. Here it is what I've done:
1) I downloaded RapidMiner 4.4 and I can run it from Ecplise without any problem.
2) I Added a new package in com.rapidminer.myoperators with a new class called OperatorSkeleton (yes! It is the famous OperatorSkeleton example). There are two warnings, one in the getInput method and another in the getOutput method. But it runs ok.
3) I Compiled it by running the build.xml as Ant Build and It went perfect.
4) I made a new folder called /Dir. This is where I'll create the jar file for the plugin.
5) I created a com/rapidminer/myoperators folder inside /Dir
6) I created a /META-INF folder inside /Dir
7) I went into the /build/com/rapidminer/myoperators folder and copied the SkeletonOperator.class and pasted it in /Dir/com/rapidminer/myoperators
8) I put in /META-INF two files: MANIFEST.MF and operators.xml
The content of MANIFEST.MF:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.7.0
Created-By: -
Implementation-Vendor: -
Implementation-Title: -
Implementation-URL: -
Implementation-Version: 4.4
RapidMiner-Version: 4.4
RapidMiner-Type: RapidMiner_Plugin
The content of operators.xml:
<operators>
<operator
name ="OperatorSkeleton"
class ="com.rapidminer.myoperators.OperatorSkeleton"
description="Test 1.0"
group = "MyOwnOperators"/>
</operators>
9) Then went to console mode, go to /Dir and type
jar cvf myjar.jar com META-INF
So I had a brand new JAR with the OperatorSkelenton operator
10) Put it in $RapidMineHomeFolder/lib/plugins
11) Run the $RapidMineHomeFolder/RapidMiner.exe and... The operator is not there.
What is the problem?
1) I downloaded RapidMiner 4.4 and I can run it from Ecplise without any problem.
2) I Added a new package in com.rapidminer.myoperators with a new class called OperatorSkeleton (yes! It is the famous OperatorSkeleton example). There are two warnings, one in the getInput method and another in the getOutput method. But it runs ok.
3) I Compiled it by running the build.xml as Ant Build and It went perfect.
4) I made a new folder called /Dir. This is where I'll create the jar file for the plugin.
5) I created a com/rapidminer/myoperators folder inside /Dir
6) I created a /META-INF folder inside /Dir
7) I went into the /build/com/rapidminer/myoperators folder and copied the SkeletonOperator.class and pasted it in /Dir/com/rapidminer/myoperators
8) I put in /META-INF two files: MANIFEST.MF and operators.xml
The content of MANIFEST.MF:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.7.0
Created-By: -
Implementation-Vendor: -
Implementation-Title: -
Implementation-URL: -
Implementation-Version: 4.4
RapidMiner-Version: 4.4
RapidMiner-Type: RapidMiner_Plugin
The content of operators.xml:
<operators>
<operator
name ="OperatorSkeleton"
class ="com.rapidminer.myoperators.OperatorSkeleton"
description="Test 1.0"
group = "MyOwnOperators"/>
</operators>
9) Then went to console mode, go to /Dir and type
jar cvf myjar.jar com META-INF
So I had a brand new JAR with the OperatorSkelenton operator
10) Put it in $RapidMineHomeFolder/lib/plugins
11) Run the $RapidMineHomeFolder/RapidMiner.exe and... The operator is not there.
What is the problem?
0
Answers
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Hi,
to be frankly: I don't have a clue. RapidMiner 4.4 is around 2 years away, now. I would suggest dating up to at least RapidMiner 4.6, where the things should be compatible or even better to RapidMiner 5.0. The Extensionmechanism there is much more sophisticated than in 4.x and a white paper is available that describes in detail how to build extensions.
Greetings,
Sebastian0 -
Hi,
The problem was the point 9. I was not creating the jar file in the right way.
jar cvfm <jar_name> <$dir/MANIFEST.MF> <$META-INF folder> <$package_name_folder>0
