The current version of BaseXClient uses java.io.Console, which makes redirecting input from stdin impossible. That makes it difficult to create any type of script that interacts with the database (essentially, it would require using 'expect' or equivalent).
As far as I can see, the only thing you need java.io.Console for is reading the password. Please do not use console if the user provides the password on the command line with -P.
Alternatively, or in addition, consider supporting a "source" command that reads commands from a file and sends them to the server.
- Godmar
Please do not use console if the user provides the password on the command line with -P.
As i can see this is the case. The password is just read with the System.Console() when it is not specified after the -P argument.
Godmar Back schrieb:
The current version of BaseXClient uses java.io.Console, which makes redirecting input from stdin impossible. That makes it difficult to create any type of script that interacts with the database (essentially, it would require using 'expect' or equivalent).
As far as I can see, the only thing you need java.io.Console for is reading the password. Please do not use console if the user provides the password on the command line with -P.
Alternatively, or in addition, consider supporting a "source" command that reads commands from a file and sends them to the server.
- Godmar
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On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Andreas Weiler < andreas.weiler@uni-konstanz.de> wrote:
Please do not use console if the user provides the password on the command
line with -P.
As i can see this is the case. The password is just read with the System.Console() when it is not specified after the -P argument.
That's not the problem. The problem is that you use System.console() when you should be using System.in in cases when the user specifies -P.
Try redirecting input from stdin to the BaseXClient - you'll see that it does not work. (It's a well-known limitation of java.io.Console). It leads to an infinite loop where BaseXClient ignores EOF. Really annoying.
Here for illustration what the problem is:
java -cp ../WEB-INF/lib/basex-6.2.3.jar org.basex.BaseXClient -p 1985 -U
admin -P admin BaseX 6.2.3 [Client] Try "help" to get some information.
create db test
Database 'test' created in 39.72 ms.
xquery insert node <root /> into doc("test")
Query executed in 29.36 ms.
xquery doc("test")/root
<root/> Query executed in 1.94 ms.
exit
Enjoy life.
Now when I put the commands in a file:
cat testscript
create db test xquery insert node <root /> into doc("test") xquery doc("test")/root exit
and then redirect stdin, it breaks:
java -cp ../WEB-INF/lib/basex-6.2.3.jar org.basex.BaseXClient -p 1985 -U
admin -P admin < testscript BaseX 6.2.3 [Client] Try "help" to get some information.
Database 'test' created in 8.71 ms.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
(and so on, I have to kill the program)
The reason is, as I said, that you're using java.io.Console when you should be using System.in
- Godmar
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