Launcher

-runnoreferences BOOLEAN

Do not use the `reference:` URL scheme for installing a bundle in the installer.

Example: -runnoreferences: true
Values: true,false
Pattern: true|false|TRUE|FALSE

On non-Windows machines, the more efficient reference: URLs are used by default - use -runnoreferences: true to override this. On Windows this instruction is ignored - reference: URLs are never used due to Windows being more obstinate about open files.

private LauncherConstants getConstants(Collection<String> runbundles, boolean exported) throws Exception, FileNotFoundException,
		IOException {
	project.trace("preparing the aQute launcher plugin");

	LauncherConstants lc = new LauncherConstants();
	lc.noreferences = Processor.isTrue(project.getProperty(Constants.RUNNOREFERENCES));
	lc.runProperties = getRunProperties();
	lc.storageDir = getStorageDir();
	lc.keep = isKeep();
	lc.runbundles.addAll(runbundles);
	lc.trace = getTrace();

	
		Bundle install(File f) throws Exception {
	BundleContext context = systemBundle.getBundleContext();
	try {
		String reference;
		if (isWindows() || parms.noreferences) {
			trace("no reference: url %s", parms.noreferences);
			reference = f.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm();
		} else
			reference = "reference:" + f.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm();

		Bundle b = context.installBundle(reference);
		if (b.getLastModified() < f.lastModified()) {
			b.update();
		}
		return b;
	}
	catch (BundleException e) {
		trace("failed reference, will try to install %s with input stream", f.getAbsolutePath());
		String reference = f.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm();
		InputStream in = new FileInputStream(f);
		try {
			return context.installBundle(reference, in);
		}
		finally {
			in.close();
		}
	}
}