An easy way to reinstantiate an mxj object ?

    Alexandre
    Jun 11 2008 | 4:16 pm
    Hi,
    i was wondering if someone found a particular alternative to the "clic-three-times-on-the-object--erase-one-letter--retype-the-letter--clic-in-the-patch-window" machinery each time we recompile the java code ?
    thanks, Alexandre
    • Adam Murray
      Jun 11 2008 | 8:27 pm
      I think the easiest way is to delete the object, then undo.
    • Alexandre
      Jun 12 2008 | 12:04 pm
      thanks,
      i even didn't think about that..
    • robotpapier
      Dec 27 2009 | 1:28 pm
      Hi, I'm patching with max 5.1. Need to set mxj.classloader.fromdisk 1 in the max.java.config.txt file
      In the java doc, it says that we can send a zap message to reinstantiate the class file but it doesn't do anything . I've also tried with _zap, and nothing. Did anyone got the zap message to work or found a way so the mxj automatically loads from the disk?
    • robotpapier
      Dec 27 2009 | 2:09 pm
      Re, I made more tests, in fact, the delete and undo trick works even if fromdisk is set to 0. But for me it only works if I send a zap message then delete and then undo. Not very pragmatic.
      I wish there was a "autowtch" like in js but for mxj
    • robotpapier
      Jan 12 2010 | 6:05 pm
      re, i found a trick, i wrote a js that delete and build the mxj object in one click.
    • Florito
      Jan 13 2010 | 9:51 pm
      I had the same problem (running on a Windows XP). Once I found the zap command it worked for me.
      A good solution for checking if you have the latest version is to let your java object output the compile date when it's instantiated.
      My java MaxObject's always call a method called postversion() on instantiation. This method only works if you compile to classes and not to jars.
      public void postversion() { String VERSION = ""; try { Date modDate = new Date(getClass().getResource(getClass().getSimpleName()+".class").openConnection().getLastModified());< VERSION = "modified "+modDate; } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } post(getClass()+", VERSION "+VERSION); }
    • Alexandre
      Mar 02 2010 | 7:06 pm
      > "But for me it only works if I send a zap message then delete and then undo."
      the java-doc tells the zap msg is only interesting when using more than one mxj object of the same class. I do this rather rarely. if you only have one mxj of your class in a patch, you don't need the zap message. I never used it and the "delete-then-undo" works for me.
      But i still dream about a "reinstantiate" message feature in mxj.