How to create a plugin to overwrite messages and UI fields

Steps:

1. Download the sample plugin.

2. Extract the downloaded plugin in to a folder and delete jar file. Eg. os-sample-plugin

   $ jar -xvf os-sample-plugin.jar

3. To change a field name appearing in UI, edit file os-sample-plugin/test/META-INF/resources/os-plugin/i18n/en.js and add the field which needs to be changed in the key value format. Eg. To  change Short Title field in Distribution protocol to appear as Request ID.
   

   {
   "dp" : {
       "short_title": "Request ID"
     }
   }

4. Save and exit  en.js the file.

5. The en.js file will change the value in UI. To  change the a field in backend and in Templates message.properties needs to be updated.

6. Edit os-sample-plugin/os-plugin-jar/errors/message.properties to change the value of field in backend. Search the for the field needs to be changed. 
   eg. If dp_short_title should be  Request ID instead of Short Title. 
   
   

   dp_short_title = Short Title 

   Replace Short Title with Request ID.

   dp_short_title = Request ID

7. Save and exit message.properties

8. Create new plugin using given command:  

   $jar -cf os-sample-plugin.jar META-INF/ pluginContext.xml errors/ pluginApiContext.xml pluginContext.xml
   

9. Copy the newly created plugin to $OS_HOME/plugins/  and restart OpenSpecimen service.