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Execute Tasks from the Java Application

Goal

After the Java Application is configured, you will execute it to run the anonymization tasks.

  1. DBmasker command line tools
  2. Execute using Intellij
  3. Execute using the Command Line only

Execute tasks using Intellij

  1. Open the Java application in Intellij as a Maven project
  2. Click Add Configuration...
  3. Click add new and select Application
  4. Under Build and Run, provide the Main class
    • Default is example.anonymizer.Anonymizer
  5. In the Program Arguments, write cmd

Execute using the Command Line

Run the maven install command

mvn install

This will provide you with a target/<name>-0.0.1.jar file. Execute this file by using

java -jar target/<name>-0.0.1.jar cmd

The DBmasker command line tools

"cmd" is a command that takes continued input from standard input. The program displays the command help text and is ready for commands.

Reading internal config.properties
Commands:
trace                 - shows more messages
help                  - shows this page
config                - creates a local config.properties used for changing connection parameters
ping                  - test database connection
tasks                 - outputs list of tasks
run                   - runs all tasks except erase and sar tasks
run <tasks>           - runs a list of space delimited tasks, erase and sar actions are excluded
erase <task> <params> - runs erase actions for a specified task with a series of space delimited parameters
                        if parameter contains a space, surround it with quotation marks
sar <task> <params>   - creates a SAR export for a specified task with a series of space delimited parameters
                        xml and json files will be created in working directory
cmd                   - takes continued input from standard input (stdin)
quit                  - quits program
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Use the task command to list the available tasks. Use the run command to execute all the tasks. Use the run <task-name> to execute specific Task Groups or Work Tasks.