Does it make sense to develop this as a plugin for the Felix web console? Regards Carsten
Marcel Offermans wrote: > When we donated the sources, we did not donate the UI part of the > client, so the first thing we should probably do now is create a new UI. > Past experiences have indicated most people would like to use a web > based UI. Since the original client used the MVC pattern (it was Swing > based) I think GWT is a logical choice. > > This afternoon I added some tasks to JIRA to build a basic version which > is modeled loosely after the old Swing client. I will try to explain the > Ui and related tasks in a bit more detail. > > Let's start with the basic operation of the client. A client session > starts by "checking out" a version of the repositories containing the > metadata about components, groups, features and targets. You can then > manipulate the repository locally and finally commit it or revert the > local changes. > > The UI consist of 4 columns, ordered from left to right, and you can add > items to each column and associate items in different columns with each > other by using drag and drop. > > The idea is to build this UI step by step. The client side logic is > already in place (allowing you to perform all operations explained above > through OSGi services). > > ACE-23 and 24 are about including a GWT application in the build, and > deploying it in OSGi using the PAX bundles. > > ACE-25 then builds the 4 empty columns of the UI and hooks up the right > most column containing the targets. A target is an OSGi framework and > each target should somehow be uniquely identifyable (which is a service > that can be implemented in the management agent). When this task is > done, you should be able to launch the web UI and see targets showing up > when they are launched and succesfully talking to the server. > > ACE-26 Then adds the ability to add groups and features and have them > show up in the middle two columns. > > ACE-27 Is about adding components (bundles or other supported datatypes) > to the left most column, uploading them to an OBR too. > > ACE-28 then adds the ability to create associations between the elements > in the columns, using drag and drop, with ACE-30 visualizing those > associations by means of highlighting related items in adjacent columns > when you select something in a column. > > ACE-29 then adds features to get, commit and revert repositories, which > is the point where the system actually starts becoming useable. > > ACE-31 then adds the ability to remove associations and objects. > > All these issues together should give us a basic client to work with. I > intend to start working on this from now on, but if anybody wants to try > and help out, feel free to do so. Especially if you have experience with > the PAX tools or even GWT! I'm sure some of these tasks are a bit too > much for those with no prior history of working on this codebase, but > we're here to help! :) > > Also, if you have any comments or suggestions, let me know! > > Greetings, Marcel > > -- Carsten Ziegeler [email protected]
