David Jencks wrote:
On Feb 15, 2006, at 2:04 PM, David Blevins wrote:
On Feb 15, 2006, at 1:38 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote:
On Feb 15, 2006, at 1:23 PM, David Blevins wrote:
So we should call it something like:
<configuration>
...
<naming-properties>
<property>
<name>base-name</name>
<value>geronimo.maven:J2EEServer=geronimo</value>
</property>
</naming-properties>
...
</configuration>
Cause IMHO, having a <configuration> element with a <properties>
sub element implies something all together different:
[...]
Also I would prefer to not imply that these properties are limited
to only "naming-properties". I gut tells me that this will be a
useful extension place in the geronimo configurations.
Ok. I was under the impression via DJ's comments that these were
only for naming.
On Feb 15, 2006, at 10:59 AM, David Jencks wrote:
Dain:
I'm not sure about the names of name-keys and name-key. These are
really intended for use by the naming system and are rarely used, so
I prefer to name them that way rather than "properties". What could
other properties be used for? How would we distinguish them from
the ones for the naming system?
And your comment on using any naming system made me think my
impression was definitely write. I guess this isn't one of those
agreed upon things just yet.
So what is the general idea behind them? A generic bucket for
properties that are easily available to all gbeans in my configuration?
I originally thought of them as having only to do with the naming
system, but after Dain suggested "properties" I realized that we might
think of something else to use them for in the future. They would be
available to parts of the deployment infrastructure such as the naming
system, but not really to any gbeans.
I am wondering whether having both naming properties and other
properties under the one <properties> element may make it difficult for
any tools (e.g. a GUI/web based tool that can read/build plans) to
identify and display the naming properties when reading the plans
without hard coded knowledge of the property names used for naming.
John
thanks
david jencks
-David
