Create A Dummy Java Application

The purpose of creating a "dummy" Java application was so that I had something to use when learning to build Debian installation packages for Ubuntu.

First I started with the Java installation process outlined in server preparation details for the Community Banker Server.

Then I applied my self to writing & compiling my first Java application. This turned out to be non-trivial because of classpath searching challenges with the default Java installation. Eventually setting the classpath to the local directory worked for me:

andrew@bfg:~/workspace$ javac -cp . Cuwiki.java
andrew@bfg:~/workspace$ java -cp . Cuwiki
Nul installer for Community Banker
version 0.0.1

andrew@bfg:~/workspace$

The code for the dummy application called Cuwiki.java is as follows:

import java.io.*;
public class Cuwiki {
    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args)throws IOException {
        System.out.printf("Nul installer for Community Banker\nversion 0.0.1\n");
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String filename = in.readLine();
    }
}