WLP Feature 'cowsay'

Cowsay is what we need in Open Liberty!

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Table of Contents

• Usage
• Building

Usage

See this blog article for an in-depth explanation why this plugin exists: Guide: How to develop an IBM OpenLiberty Feature

server.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<server description="cowsay">
  <featureManager>
    <feature>usr:cowsay-1.0</feature>
  </featureManager>

  <cowsay>
    <startmessage message="Hello, Liberty!" cowfile="cow"/>
  </cowsay>
</server>

Expected Output

Launching defaultServer (WebSphere Application Server 22.0.0.5/wlp-1.0.64.cl220520220425-0301) on OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM, version 1.8.0_332-b09 (en_US)
[AUDIT   ] CWWKE0001I: The server defaultServer has been launched.
[AUDIT   ] CWWKE0100I: This product is licensed for development, and limited production use. The full license terms can be viewed here: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/websphere/wasdev/license/base_ilan/ilan/22.0.0.5/lafiles/en.html
[INFO    ] CWWKE0002I: The kernel started after 0.544 seconds
[INFO    ] CWWKF0007I: Feature update started.
[ERROR   ] COWSA0001I:  ________________
[ERROR   ] COWSA0001I: < Hello, Liberty >
[ERROR   ] COWSA0001I:  ----------------
[ERROR   ] COWSA0001I:         \   ^__^
[ERROR   ] COWSA0001I:          \  (oo)\_______
[ERROR   ] COWSA0001I:             (__)\       )\/\
[ERROR   ] COWSA0001I:                 ||----w |
[ERROR   ] COWSA0001I:                 ||     ||
[AUDIT   ] CWWKF0012I: The server installed the following features: [usr:cowsay-1.0].
[INFO    ] CWWKF0008I: Feature update completed in 0.075 seconds.
[AUDIT   ] CWWKF0011I: The defaultServer server is ready to run a smarter planet. The defaultServer server started in 0.620 seconds.

Building

You will need Java 11 to build this plugin, but Java 8 is enough as a runtime.

Compiling the plugin

./mvnw verify -Pdocs,run-its