[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2409?page=comments#action_12437612 ] Rick McGuire commented on GERONIMO-2409: ----------------------------------------
It would be nice if this aliasing carried through to at least deploy start/stop. This would be very handy for applications where they have a dependency on a system module where there might be multiple choices (e.g., j2ee-corba, where there's a Sun ORB option or a Yoko ORB option). The artifact_aliases entry can identify the default by mapping j2ee-corba to one of the options, and the system administrator need only worry about starting/stopping the j2ee-corba module without needing to know which option was selected for use. > Provide config/module aliasing ability > -------------------------------------- > > Key: GERONIMO-2409 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2409 > Project: Geronimo > Issue Type: Improvement > Security Level: public(Regular issues) > Components: core > Affects Versions: 1.2 > Reporter: David Jencks > Assigned To: David Jencks > Fix For: 1.2 > > Attachments: GERONIMO-2409-v1.patch > > > It's sort of impossible to swap a basic configuration such as transaction > with a substitute such as transaction-jta11: there are too many modules that > depend on it that all have to be rebuilt just because you changed one name. > To fix this we need some way to substitute one module (configuration) for > another. We might aim for a function-based registry rather than a name based > one, but that is more that I want to think about right now. > I've done some simple experiments and it looks like some trivial changes in > DefaultArtifactResolver, the car maven plugin, and an additional properties > file in the server at least let you swap modules and get the server started. > I expected that changes in the kernel gbean lookups and Configuration gbean > lookups would be necessary as well, but I haven't needed them yet. > I think the changes so far should be applied since they clarify the explicit > version resolution code and enable at least some module swapping. I suspect > we'll find out soon if more work is needed. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
