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Chat history forwardedMessages is empty ArrayList

I am trying to implement a java smack client interacting with Openfire server. I have added the plugin for Monitoring service, also enabled archiving. Now I can see the chat history in the openFire Admin Console. I would like to do the same using Smack. This is the code I have written.
XMPPTCPConnection connection = connectToXMPP(Constants.XMPPADMINUSERNAME, Constants.XMPPADMINPWD ,Constants.XMPPDOMAIN);
MamManager mamManager = MamManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
try {
DataForm form = new DataForm(DataForm.Type.submit);
FormField field = new FormField(FormField.FORM_TYPE);
field.setType(FormField.Type.hidden);
field.addValue(MamElements.NAMESPACE);
form.addField(field);
FormField formField = new FormField("with");
formField.addValue("userlocal1#125.99.44.122");
form.addField(formField);
boolean isSupported = mamManager.isSupported();
// "" empty string for before
RSMSet rsmSet = new RSMSet(maxResults, "", RSMSet.PageDirection.before);
MamManager.MamQueryResult mamQueryResult = mamManager.page(form, rsmSet);
// MamManager.MamQueryResult mamQueryResult1 = mamManager.queryArchive(JidCreate.from("userlocal1#125.99.44.122"));
return mamQueryResult;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
Now the problem is the forwardedMessages ArrayList is always null. What am I doing wrong?? isSupported is true and I can see the chathistory on admin console… Please guide…

I notice that you're trying to get the last few archived messages, which makes sense. I'm not sure if your 'before' value should be empty though. For testing purposes, try reversing the page direction, and see if you can get the first/oldest few archived messages.

Insert variables into SAS using JAVA (IOM Bridge). Should i use CORBA stubs and JDBC or is there any other alternative?

This is part of my code snippet
WorkspaceConnector connector = null;
WorkspaceFactory workspaceFactory = null;
String variableListString = null;
Properties sasServerProperties = new Properties();
sasServerProperties.put("host", host);
sasServerProperties.put("port", port);
sasServerProperties.put("userName", userName);
sasServerProperties.put("password", password);
Properties[] sasServerPropertiesList = { sasServerProperties };
workspaceFactory = new WorkspaceFactory(sasServerPropertiesList, null, logWriter);
connector = workspaceFactory.getWorkspaceConnector(0L);
IWorkspace sasWorkspace = connector.getWorkspace();
ILanguageService sasLanguage = sasWorkspace.LanguageService();
//send variable list string
//continued
I need to send the "variableListString" to the SAS server through IOM bridge. Java SAS API doesn't give explicit ways to do it. Using CORBA and JDBC is the best way to do it?? Give me a hint how to do it. Is there any alternative method to do it??

This was asked a while back but useful in case anyone is still looking to do the same.
One way to do this is build a string of sas code and submit it to the server. We use this method for setting up variables on the host for the connected session. You can also use this technique to include sas code using code like %include "path to my code/my sas code.sas";:
...continue from code in the question...
langService = iWorkspace.LanguageService();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append("%let mysasvar=" + javalocalvar);
... more variables
try {
langService.Submit(sb.toString());
} catch (GenericError e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

changing log4j file name programatically in osgi maven bundle not working

Im developing a maven-osgi bundle and deploying in karaf.. In that, a piece of code, should get .cfg files from the karaf/etc and im programatically changing them at runtime.. writeTrace() is invoked within 'for loop' from another class. So that I can create different files and corresponding logging should go in to that file.
public void writeLog(int i,String HostName) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append("\n HEADER : \n");
....
String str = sb.toString();
String logfile = ("/home/Dev/" + HostName + i);
logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("TracerLog");
updateLog4jConfiguration(logfile);
logger.error(str + i);}
public void updateLog4jConfiguration(String logFile) {
Properties props = new Properties();
try {
// InputStream configStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream(
// "/home/Temp-files/NumberGenerator/src/main/java/log4j.properties");
InputStream configStream = new FileInputStream("etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg");
props.load(configStream);
System.out.println(configStream);
configStream.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: Cannot laod configuration file ");
}
props.setProperty("log4j.appender.Tracer.File", logFile);
LogManager.resetConfiguration();
PropertyConfigurator.configure(props);
}
and I am able to see new files created with hostname such as (hostname_1 , hostname_2, etc..) but logging happens only at actual appender configured at karaf/etc... thaat is log.txt..
log4j.logger.TracerLog=TRACE,Tracer
log4j.appender.Tracer=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.Tracer.MaxBackupIndex=10
log4j.appender.Tracer.MaxFileSize=500KB
log4j.appender.Tracer.File=/home/Dev/log.txt
I got struck in this error.. Dont know whether it has to do something with the karaf or problem with code..???

Why aren't you just using the ConfigurationAdminService for this, instead of altering the file?
Just reference the configuration admin service from the registry and take the configuration with the PID org.ops4j.pax.logging.
With this approach you will have all configuration properties available for your proposal and it is in your code to alter this. It's also possible for you to add new configuration entries. In the end the combination of ConfigurationAdminService and the felix FileInstaller will even persist your changes back to the configuration file.
Btw. did you know that there is a shell command for configuring configurations, so actually also to alter the configuration for the org.ops4j.pax.logging service?
Just do a:
config:list
to retrieve all configurations available
and a
config:list "(service=org.ops4j.pax.logging)"
to retrieve just this information.

Connecting to PC to view shared folders from Android device

I am working on a samba client for Android. Given an IP address it should connect to it and browse the shared folders.
For this I use JCIFS. I dropped the jar in my Android project and added following code to connect to PC and get the list of files:
private void connectToPC() throws IOException {
String ip = "x.x.x.x";
String user = Constants.username + ":" + Constants.password;
String url = "smb://" + ip;
NtlmPasswordAuthentication auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication(user);
SmbFile root= new SmbFile(url, auth);
String[] files = root.list();
for (String fileName : files) {
Log.d("GREC", "File: " + fileName);
}
}
And I get in return: jcifs.smb.SmbAuthException: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
But the credentials are correct. I also tried with another samba client from the android market that uses JCIFS and it successfully connected to that ip, so obviously I am doing something wrong here but don't know what especially.
Any help is highly appreciated.

In the end I managed successfully to connect to PC. The issue turned out to be in the NtlmPasswordAuthentication(); constructor.
So, instead of this:
String user = Constants.username + ":" + Constants.password;
NtlmPasswordAuthentication auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication(user);
I changed to this:
NtlmPasswordAuthentication auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication("",
Constants.username, Constants.password);
I don't know why, perhaps it's because of ":" special character, perhaps because of Android, but passing an empty domain name, the user name, and password separately to the constructor, solved the issue.

Since some people will get to this topic if they got a similar problem with android and JCIFS,
these are other common problems when trying to make it work:
*Put the .jar specifically in /libs folder of your android project (not just via "build path")
*Be sure that your project has internet permission What permission do I need to access Internet from an android application?
*Also be sure that your JCIFS code is running in a separate thread from the UI (in other words, use AsyncTask class) how to use method in AsyncTask in android?
*Code:
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
SmbFile[] domains;
String username = USERNAME;
String password = PASSWORD;
NtlmPasswordAuthentication auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication("",
username, password);
try {
SmbFile sm = new SmbFile(SMB_URL, auth);
domains = sm.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < domains.length; i++) {
SmbFile[] servers = domains[i].listFiles();
for (int j = 0; j < servers.length; j++) {
Log.w(" Files ", "\t"+servers[j]);
}
}
} catch (SmbException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return "";
}
these were the problems i encounter while trying to make work JCIFS on android, hope to help anyone, regards.

maybe i can help other people too.
I had the problem that i used thread.run() instead of thread.start() to execute the Smb-Code in a Runnable. I searched a lot of time for an answer but nothing fixed my problem.
But then a friend explained me the different between thread.run() and thread.start():
run(): Execute the Methode (for example the run() Methode of a Runnable) like a normal Method (synchronous)
start(): Start the Thread with the Runnable in an own task (asynchronous)
And for Smb you need a asynchronous Thread. Because of this you need to call thread.start()!
Maybe someone make the same mistake as i did.

jcifs.smb.SmbException: The network name cannot be found

The following is my piece of code
SmbFile catalExp = new SmbFile("smb://<Shared machine name>/Project share/Home/4. Folders/planning - Design & Exec/sample.txt",
new NtlmPasswordAuthentication(LoadProp.getShrdDomain(),"user","paswd"));
In this i am getting the error
jcifs.smb.SmbException: The network name cannot be found
at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.send(SmbTransport.java:753)
at jcifs.smb.SmbSession.sessionSetup(SmbSession.java:140)
at jcifs.smb.SmbSession.send(SmbSession.java:103)
at jcifs.smb.SmbTree.treeConnect(SmbTree.java:132)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.connect(SmbFile.java:674)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.connect0(SmbFile.java:644)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.open0(SmbFile.java:700)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.createNewFile(SmbFile.java:2027)
Is this anything to do with the user rights to that particular shared folder or am I doing anything wrong
Please advice

I ran into this error message, and it turned out the problem was that my network path was incorrect. You'll want to ensure that the NtlmPasswordAuthentication object is configured correctly, that your network path is correct, and that you've set the jcifs.netbios.wins property correctly, as indicated in the first example on this page.
For example, to load a remote properties file:
final NtlmPasswordAuthentication AUTH = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication("domainname", "username", "password");
Config.setProperty("jcifs.netbios.wins", "10.10.1.1");
Properties props = new Properties();
InputStream in = new SmbFileInputStream(new SmbFile("smb://10.10.1.1:445/rootfolder/path/filename.properties", AUTH));
props.load(in);
(You'll need to add try/catch and input stream closing)
A good way to ensure that all of your parameters are correct is to test logging into and locating the file using a smb/cifs client. For example smbclient on linux/unix:
smbclient -Uusername -p 139 //10.10.1.1/rootfolder
The domain is displayed at the top when you login with smbclient:
Domain=[DOMAINNAME]
..and you can navigate to your file to make sure you've got the path correct.

After running into this issue for almost 1 day i realize that these exception is meaningless
I was just giving wrong path of server side location
Below is the peace of groovy code worked for me
String domain = "domain"
String user = "username"
String pass = "password"
String IP = "xx.yy.zz.aa"
String sharedFolder="//my//path//to//server//";
String path="smb://$IP"+sharedFolder+"test.txt";
NtlmPasswordAuthentication auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication(domain, user, pass );
SmbFile smbFile = new SmbFile(path,auth);
SmbFileOutputStream smbfos = new SmbFileOutputStream(smbFile);
smbfos.write("testing....and writing to a file".getBytes());
System.out.println("completed ...nice !");

Well I'm getting this error also but only on one device, my code that works on Android 4.04 is
String strprog = "STRING CREATED| "; //debug log string
try {
strprog += "NTLM| ";
NtlmPasswordAuthentication auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication("username:password");
strprog += "SMB| ";
SmbFile file = new SmbFile("smb://<pcname>/foldername/filename.txt",auth);
strprog += "EXIST| ";
String there = String.valueOf(file.exists());
strprog += "View| ";
TextView pp;
pp = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);
pp.setText(there);
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
strprog += "ERROR! ";
TextView ll;
ll = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);
ll.setText(strprog + e.getStackTrace().toString() + " " + e.getMessage() + " " + e.getLocalizedMessage() );
}
The only difference I see is where you have your NtlmPasswordAuth compared to mine.
But as I stated for some reason this throws null input param on Andriod 2.0 when I dive deeper then smb://host but I hope this helps you out.

I had this problem, and it turned out that I did not see what the share name was that was mapped to my Windows shared drive... So, using Mac OS, I ran:
smbutil view smb://MYUSERNAME#HOSTNAME
After I was prompted for my password, I then was displayed a list of share names (that weren't evident when I looked at this stuff using Windows). Once I found my share name, it was as simple as using that when connecting with JCIFS:
new SmbFile("smb://HOSTNAME/SHARENAME/path/I/was/trying/to/access", auth);