...We don't mind installing "some" software on the clients computers, but we obviously want to minimize its complexity as much as possible. Installing a JVM is probably reasonable, and
since Cocoon seems pretty "tightly packaged" installing it doesn't seem too extensive either...
Actually you don't need to "install" anything (in the sense of messing with Registry settings under Windows for example) to run Cocoon, simply copying the directories that contain the JDK, Cocoon and the servlet engine to a hard disk will do, provided you setup the environment correctly and provided there is a writable temporary directory for work files.
There might be licensing problems with this approach though, you'd have to check about JDK and servlet engine redistribution rights.
...So the question is: how do I best package Cocoon for the CD deployed applications?...
You could certainly run it directly from CD, started from a platform-specific wrapper that would
-find a writable temporary directory
-setup the environment
-maybe check for available TCP/IP ports and manipulate configs accordingly
-start Cocoon using the JDK that is found on the CD (assuming licensing is ok) and a lightweight servlet engine (Jetty for example) also found on the CD
-launch a browser on the appropriate URL
I'm pretty sure this works without having to install anything, or by just copying files to the user's hard disk if one wants to get rid of the CD
-- Bertrand Delacretaz independent consultant, Lausanne, Switzerland http://cvs.apache.org/~bdelacretaz/
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