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Java example source code file (jexec.c)

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The jexec.c Java example source code

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 *
 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
 *
 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
 * accompanied this code).
 *
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 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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 *
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/*
 * jexec for J2SE
 *
 * jexec is used by the system to allow execution of JAR files.
 *    Essentially jexec needs to run java and
 *    needs to be a native ISA executable (not a shell script), although
 *    this native ISA executable requirement was a mistake that will be fixed.
 *    (<ISA> is sparc or i386 or amd64).
 *
 *    When you execute a jar file, jexec is executed by the system as follows:
 *      /usr/java/jre/lib/<ISA>/jexec -jar JARFILENAME
 *    so this just needs to be turned into:
 *      /usr/java/jre/bin/java -jar JARFILENAME
 *
 * Solaris systems (new 7's and all 8's) will be looking for jexec at:
 *      /usr/java/jre/lib/<ISA>/jexec
 * Older systems may need to add this to their /etc/system file:
 *      set javaexec:jexec="/usr/java/jre/lib/<ISA>/jexec"
 *     and reboot the machine for this to work.
 *
 * This source should be compiled as:
 *      cc -o jexec jexec.c
 *
 * And jexec should be placed at the following location of the installation:
 *      <INSTALLATIONDIR>/jre/lib//jexec  (for Solaris)
 *      <INSTALLATIONDIR>/lib/jexec            (for Linux)
 *
 * NOTE: Unless <INSTALLATIONDIR> is the "default" JDK on the system
 *       (i.e. /usr/java -> <INSTALLATIONDIR>), this jexec will not be
 *       found.  The 1.2 java is only the default on Solaris 8 and
 *       on systems where the 1.2 packages were installed and no 1.1
 *       java was found.
 *
 * NOTE: You must use 1.2 jar to build your jar files. The system
 *       doesn't seem to pick up 1.1 jar files.
 *
 * NOTE: We don't need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH here, even though we
 *       are running the actual java binary because the java binary will
 *       look for it's libraries through it's own runpath, which uses
 *       $ORIGIN.
 *
 * NOTE: This jexec should NOT have any special .so library needs because
 *       it appears that this executable will NOT get the $ORIGIN of jexec
 *       but the $ORIGIN of the jar file being executed. Be careful to keep
 *       this program simple and with no .so dependencies.
 */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <errno.h>

static const int CRAZY_EXEC = ENOEXEC;
static const int BAD_MAGIC  = ENOEXEC;

static const char * BAD_EXEC_MSG     = "jexec failed";
static const char * CRAZY_EXEC_MSG   = "missing args";
static const char * MISSING_JAVA_MSG = "can't locate java";
static const char * UNKNOWN_ERROR    = "unknown error";

/* Define a constant that represents the number of directories to pop off the
 * current location to find the java binary */
static const int RELATIVE_DEPTH = 3;

/* path to java after popping */
static const char * BIN_PATH = "/bin/java";

/* flag used when running JAR files */
static const char * JAR_FLAG = "-jar";

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]);
void errorExit(int error, const char * message);
int getJavaPath(const char * path, char * buf, int depth);

/*
 * This is the main entry point.  This program (jexec) will attempt to execute
 * a JAR file by finding the Java program (java), relative to its own location.
 * The exact location of the Java program depends on the platform, i.e.
 *
 *      <INSTALLATIONDIR>/jre/lib//jexec  (for Solaris)
 *      <INSTALLATIONDIR>/lib/jexec            (for Linux JDK)
 *
 * Once the Java program is found, this program copies any remaining arguments
 * into another array, which is then used to exec the Java program.
 *
 * On Linux this program does some additional steps.  When copying the array of
 * args, it is necessary to insert the "-jar" flag between arg[0], the program
 * name, and the original arg[1], which is presumed to be a path to a JAR file.
 * It is also necessary to verify that the original arg[1] really is a JAR file.
 * (These steps are unnecessary on Solaris because they are taken care of by
 * the kernel.)
 */
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
    /* We need to exec the original arguments using java, instead of jexec.
     * Also, for Linux, it is necessary to add the "-jar" argument between
     * the new arg[0], and the old arg[1].  To do this we will create a new
     * args array. */
    char          java[PATH_MAX + 1];    /* path to java binary  */
    const char ** nargv = NULL;          /* new args array       */
    int           nargc = 0;             /* new args array count */
    int           argi  = 0;             /* index into old array */

    /* Make sure we have something to work with */
    if ((argc < 1) || (argv == NULL)) {
        /* Shouldn't happen... */
        errorExit(CRAZY_EXEC, CRAZY_EXEC_MSG);
    }

    /* Get the path to the java binary, which is in a known position relative
     * to our current position, which is in argv[0]. */
    if (getJavaPath(argv[argi++], java, RELATIVE_DEPTH) != 0) {
        errorExit(errno, MISSING_JAVA_MSG);
    }

    nargv = (const char **) malloc((argc + 2) * (sizeof (const char *)));
    nargv[nargc++] = java;

    if (argc >= 2) {
        const char * jarfile = argv[argi++];
        const char * message = NULL;

        /* the next argument is the path to the JAR file */
        nargv[nargc++] = jarfile;
    }

    /* finally copy any remaining arguments */
    while (argi < argc) {
        nargv[nargc++] = argv[argi++];
    }

    /* finally add one last terminating null */
    nargv[nargc++] = NULL;

    /* It's time to exec the java binary with the new arguments.  It
     * is possible that we've reached this point without actually
     * having a JAR file argument (i.e. if argc < 2), but we still
     * want to exec the java binary, since that will take care of
     * displaying the correct usage. */
    execv(java, (char * const *) nargv);

    /* If the exec worked, this process would have been replaced
     * by the new process.  So any code reached beyond this point
     * implies an error in the exec. */
    free(nargv);
    errorExit(errno, BAD_EXEC_MSG);
    return 0; // keep the compiler happy
}


/*
 * Exit the application by setting errno, and writing a message.
 *
 * Parameters:
 *     error   - errno is set to this value, and it is used to exit.
 *     message - the message to write.
 */
void errorExit(int error, const char * message) {
    if (error != 0) {
        errno = error;
        perror((message != NULL) ? message : UNKNOWN_ERROR);
    }

    exit((error == 0) ? 0 : 1);
}


/*
 * Get the path to the java binary that should be relative to the current path.
 *
 * Parameters:
 *     path  - the input path that the java binary that should be relative to.
 *     buf   - a buffer of size PATH_MAX or greater that the java path is
 *             copied to.
 *     depth - the number of names to trim off the current path, including the
 *             name of this program.
 *
 * Returns:
 *     This function returns 0 on success; otherwise it returns the value of
 *     errno.
 */
int getJavaPath(const char * path, char * buf, int depth) {
    int result = 0;

    /* Get the full path to this program.  Depending on whether this is Solaris
     * or Linux, this will be something like,
     *
     *     <FOO>/jre/lib//jexec  (for Solaris)
     *     <FOO>/lib/jexec            (for Linux)
     */
    if (realpath(path, buf) != NULL) {
        int count = 0;

        /* Pop off the filename, and then subdirectories for each level of
         * depth */
        for (count = 0; count < depth; count++) {
            *(strrchr(buf, '/')) = '\0';
        }

        /* Append the relative location of java, creating something like,
         *
         *     <FOO>/jre/bin/java  (for Solaris)
         *     <FOO>/bin/java      (for Linux)
         */
        strcat(buf, BIN_PATH);
    }
    else {
        /* Failed to get the path */
        result = errno;
    }

    return (result);
}

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