[vbox-dev] Java XPCOM API Problem

[Matthias Jahn]

Hello,

I have a problem using the Java XPCOM API to import an ova file. The 
import itself is working, but I get an exception, if I try to read the 
description values.

My code snippet:

public static void importAppliance(String path, String name) {
   IAppliance appliance = virtualBox.createAppliance();

   IProgress progress = appliance.read(path);
   progress.waitForCompletion(-1);

   appliance.interpret();

   readDescription(appliance);

   progress = appliance.importMachines(new LinkedList<ImportOptions>());
   progress.waitForCompletion(-1);
}
	
private static void readDescription(IAppliance appliance) {
   IVirtualSystemDescription description = 
appliance.getVirtualSystemDescriptions().get(0); //list size == 1
		
   Holder<List<VirtualSystemDescriptionType>> typesHolder = new 
Holder<List<VirtualSystemDescriptionType>>();
   Holder<List<String>> refsHolder = new Holder<List<String>>();
   Holder<List<String>> ovfValuesHolder = new Holder<List<String>>();
   Holder<List<String>> vboxValuesHolder = new Holder<List<String>>();
   Holder<List<String>> extraConfigValuesValuesHolder = new 
Holder<List<String>>();
	
   // the problematic call
   description.getDescription(typesHolder, refsHolder, ovfValuesHolder, 
vboxValuesHolder, extraConfigValuesValuesHolder);

   System.out.println(typesHolder.value);
   System.out.println(refsHolder.value);
   System.out.println(ovfValuesHolder.value);
   System.out.println(vboxValuesHolder.value);
   System.out.println(extraConfigValuesValuesHolder.value);
}


The resulting stack trace:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: 
java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: 
org.virtualbox_4_1.VirtualSystemDescriptionType.<init>(int)
	at org.virtualbox_4_1.xpcom.Helper.wrapEnum(Helper.java:101)
	at 
org.virtualbox_4_1.IVirtualSystemDescription.getDescription(IVirtualSystemDescription.java:58)
	at 
vdi.node.management.VirtualMachine.readDescription(VirtualMachine.java:229)
	at 
vdi.node.management.VirtualMachine.importAppliance(VirtualMachine.java:213)
	at de.tud.cs.rbg.vdi.test.vbox.App.main(App.java:12)
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: 
org.virtualbox_4_1.VirtualSystemDescriptionType.<init>(int)
	at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2723)
	at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Class.java:1674)
	at org.virtualbox_4_1.xpcom.Helper.wrapEnum(Helper.java:94)
	... 4 more

To be clear, if I comment out the call to readDescription() the import 
works fine. And if I use the GUI to import the ova, I can view and edit 
the appliance settings.

I could not find the direct java sources for the API binding, but I 
found the file src/VBox/Main/glue/glue-java.xsl in the current 
VirtualBox sources, which contains the Helper class. I think the problem 
is, that Helper.wrapEnum() tries to call a constructor on an enum type. 
But in java enums are singletons.

There seems to be an static method fromValue(long) in all enum types of 
the API. One solution could be, to use this static method instead of the 
constructor.

Regards,
Matthias


P.S.:
my environment:
- Ubuntu 12.04 64bit
- VirtualBox 4.1.18