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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.0.9] - Unreleased
+
+### Added
+
+- App manifest location can be given as command line parameter (https://github.com/edvin/fxlauncher/issues/3)
+
 ## [1.0.8] - 2016-03-02
 
 ### Added

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ See the launcher in action in this short [screencast](https://www.youtube.com/wa
 
 ## How does it work?
 
-FXLauncher is a 14Kb jar that can be used to boot your application. It knows the location
+FXLauncher is a 18Kb jar that can be used to boot your application. It knows the location
 of your application repository where you host all the app resources.
 
 See a manifest [example here](http://fxldemo.tornado.no/app.xml). FXLauncher will look up the
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@ Before each run, the launcher will synchronize all resources and seamlessly laun
 ## How to use FXLauncher
 
 See the QuickStart projects at the top of the README for information on integrating FXLauncher in your build system.
+
+## Adhoc usage
+
+FXLauncher can also be used to launch an application at an arbitrary url by specifying the `--app` parameter at startup:
 
+```bash
+java -jar fxlauncher.jar --app=http://remote/location/app.xml
+```
+
 #### Native installers
 
 The native installer does not contain any application code, only the launcher. There is
@@ -64,6 +72,6 @@ then made available to the `FXMLLoader`. You can access it via `FXMLLoader.getDe
 
 ### Platform specific resources
 
-From version 1.0.7, FXLauncher supports filtering of resources for the running platform. Any resource
+FXLauncher supports filtering of resources for the running platform. Any resource
 that ends with `-[mac|win|linux].jar` will only be downloaded and put on the classpath on the corresponding
 platform. The manifest enforces this though the `os` attribute in `app.xml`.

pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>no.tornado</groupId>
     <artifactId>fxlauncher</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.8</version>
+    <version>1.0.9</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>FX Launcher</name>
     <description>Auto updating launcher for JavaFX Applications</description>

src/main/java/fxlauncher/Launcher.java

@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -191,6 +193,15 @@ private void reportError(String title, Throwable error) {
     }
 
     private void syncManifest() throws Exception {
+        Map<String, String> namedParams = getParameters().getNamed();
+
+        if (namedParams.containsKey("app")) {
+            String manifestURL = namedParams.get("app");
+            log.info(String.format("Loading manifest from parameter supplied location %s", manifestURL));
+            manifest = JAXB.unmarshal(URI.create(manifestURL), FXManifest.class);
+            return;
+        }
+
         URL embeddedManifest = Launcher.class.getResource("/app.xml");
         manifest = JAXB.unmarshal(embeddedManifest, FXManifest.class);