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How to hook into p2 install/update process? [message #802778]

Mon, 20 February 2012 07:35

Eclipse User

Dear Community,
I need to execute a piece of code at the point in time when a p2 installation/update process starts or when it is finished. I know how to execute touchpoint actions, but this is not what I can use because these actions are called for each installable unit in the installation process. What I'm looking for is a way to execute code exactly once during the install/update either at the end or at the beginning of the process.

Here is more background for my case:
- I'm actually calling a touchpoint action during the install phase for each of my features which are located on an update site
- I want to achieve that my action can figure out that it has been called before during the actual install/update because I want to execute my action only once per install/update process (and of course only if one of my features gets installed)
- I tried using a static within my action. The lifetime of the static is "too long" because it is keeping its state if a user performs multiple subsequent installs without restarting

[Updated on: Mon, 20 February 2012 07:36] by Moderator

Re: How to hook into p2 install/update process? [message #802793 is a reply to message #802778]

Mon, 20 February 2012 08:03

Eclipse User

Look at EngineSession, and Touchpoint commit/rollback.

- henrik

On 2012-20-02 13:35, Klaus Kopecz wrote:
> Dear Community,
> I need to execute a piece of code at the point in time when a p2
> installation/update process starts or when it is finished. I know how to
> execute touchpoint actions, but this is not what I can use because these
> actions are called for each installable unit in the installation
> process. What I'm looking for is a way to execute code exactly once
> during the install/update either at the end or at the beginning of the
> process.
>
> Here is more background for my case:
> - I'm actually calling a touchpoint action during the install phase for
> each of my features which are located on an update site
> - I want to achieve that my action can figure out that it has been
> called before during the actual install/update because I want to execute
> my action only once per install/update process (and of course only if
> one of my features gets installed)
> - I tried using a static in my within action. The lifetime of the static
> is "too long" because it is keeping its state if a user performs
> multiple subsequent installs without restarting

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