Provide product information for your feature extension

We can provide Version Product information for your Feature Extension

We can provide Version Product information for your Feature Extensions by providing the installation with a uniquely named product information properties file in the lib/versions directory of the extension. The file extension must be .properties.

We can add Version Product information manually or using the featureManager script's installation option under the following conditions:

  • The subsystem manifest file in the feature archive contains a subsystem-content entry that points to the product information properties file being installed.

  • The product information properties file can be installed only if the feature being installed defines the IBM-Feature-Version.

  • The product information properties file in the feature archive (.esa) has the following path wlp/lib/versions/filename.properties.

The following properties can be specified in the product information properties file: 

    com.ibm.websphere.productId=yourProductID
com.ibm.websphere.productOwner=TheProductOwner
com.ibm.websphere.productVersion=yourProductVersion
com.ibm.websphere.productName=yourProductName
com.ibm.websphere.productInstallType=yourProductInstallType
com.ibm.websphere.productEdition=yourProductEdition

To override a particular feature extension information, include the following property in your product information properties file: 

    com.ibm.websphere.productReplaces=theProductIdToReplace

The following is an example of how to define subsystem entry content for installing the feature extension using the featureManager script, subsystem.mf: 

    Subsystem-ManifestVersion:1
...
Subsystem-Content: userProdExt; version="[1,1.0.100]",
user.ext.version.info; type="file"; location:="lib/versions/user.ext.version.info.properties"
IBM-Feature-Version: 2

The following is an example that shows the output of the productInfo script using the version option that shows the product name and version entries specified in the product information properties file: 

    com.ibm.websphere.productId=XYZ Product ID
com.ibm.websphere.productOwner=XYZ Inc
com.ibm.websphere.productVersion=1.0.0
com.ibm.websphere.productName=XYZ User Product
com.ibm.websphere.productInstallType=Archive
com.ibm.websphere.productEdition=Enterprise Edition

    Output:
Product name: Websphere Application Server Product version: 16.0.0.2

Product name: XYZ User Product
Product version: 1.0.0