I created the following tickets:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-11379 – drop support of GARs
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-11380 – support JARs
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-11381 – document ignite.xml
file format.

Denis

ср, 20 февр. 2019 г. в 12:30, Nikolay Izhikov <nizhi...@apache.org>:

> Hello, Denis.
>
> > This XML may contain task descriptors, but I couldn't find any
> documentation on this format.
> > This information can be provided in simple JAR files with the same file
> structure.
>
> I support you proposal. Let's:
>
> 1. Support jar files instead of gar.
> 2. Write down documentation about XML config format.
> 3. Provide some examples.
>
> Can you crate a tickets for it?
>
>
> ср, 20 февр. 2019 г. в 11:49, Denis Mekhanikov <dmekhani...@gmail.com>:
>
> > Denis,
> >
> > This XML may contain task descriptors, but I couldn't find any
> > documentation on this format.
> > Also it may contain a userVersion [1] parameter, which can be used to
> force
> > tasks redeployment in some cases.
> >
> > This information can be provided in simple JAR files with the same file
> > structure.
> > There is no need to confuse people and require their packages to have a
> GAR
> > extension.
> >
> > Also if you don't specify the task descriptors, then all tasks in the
> file
> > will be registered.
> > So, I doubt, that anybody will bother specifying the descriptors. XML is
> > not very user-friendly.
> > This piece of configuration doesn't seem necessary to me.
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> https://apacheignite.readme.io/docs/deployment-modes#section-un-deployment-and-user-versions
> >
> > Denis
> >
> > ср, 20 февр. 2019 г. в 01:35, Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org>:
> >
> > > Denis,
> > >
> > > What was the purpose of having XML and other files within the GARs?
> Guess
> > > it was somehow versioning related - you might have several tasks of the
> > > same class but different versions running in a cluster.
> > >
> > > -
> > > Denis
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 8:40 AM Ilya Kasnacheev <
> > ilya.kasnach...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I think we should accept plain JARs if anybody needs this at
> all.
> > > > Might still keep meta info support for compatibility.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > --
> > > > Ilya Kasnacheev
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > вт, 19 февр. 2019 г. в 19:38, Denis Mekhanikov <
> dmekhani...@gmail.com
> > >:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > There is a feature in Ignite called DeploymentSpi [1], that allows
> > > adding
> > > > > and changing implementation of compute tasks without nodes'
> downtime.
> > > > > The only usable implementation right now is UriDeploymentSpi [2],
> > which
> > > > > lets you provide classes of compute tasks packaged as an archive
> of a
> > > > > special form. And this special form is the worst part.
> > > > > GAR file is just like a JAR, but with some additional meta info. It
> > may
> > > > > contain an XML with description of tasks, a checksum and also
> > > > dependencies.
> > > > >
> > > > > We barely have any tools to build these files, and they can be
> > replaced
> > > > > with simple uber-JARs.
> > > > > The only tool we have right now is IgniteDeploymentGarAntTask,
> which
> > is
> > > > not
> > > > > documented anywhere, and it's supposed to be used from a
> > long-forgotten
> > > > > Apache Ant build system.
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't think we need this file format. How about we deprecate and
> > > remove
> > > > > it and make UriDeploymentSpi support plain JARs?
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://apacheignite.readme.io/docs/deployment-spi
> > > > > [2]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://ignite.apache.org/releases/latest/javadoc/org/apache/ignite/spi/deployment/uri/UriDeploymentSpi.html
> > > > >
> > > > > Denis
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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