hope everybody will prefer this version. note sure i mentionned it anymore but i removed the package so now scan.xml is directly in META-INF.
Note: the new archive type should probably go to xbean too. - Romain 2012/2/23 Mohammad Nour El-Din <nour.moham...@gmail.com> > Cool, thanks for the update > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau > <rmannibu...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > s/dd-maven-plugin/info-maven-plugin/ > > > > Le 23 févr. 2012 06:48, "Romain Manni-Bucau" <rmannibu...@gmail.com> a > > écrit : > > > > > The issue i had wanting to do so was how to do it before the first > > > deployment. > > > > > > Trying to do it through a mvn plugin makes the need to be able to > correct > > > resources and container when you redeploy. > > > > > > It actually needs a big refactoring which is very impacting. > > > > > > Note that i hope to propose to users a release for end of april and > would > > > like a scan limitation feature so the easier is probably the best for > the > > > moment. > > > > > > What i started is in sandbox and called dd-maven-plugin. There is a > > branch > > > too refering to generated descriptors. > > > > > > - Romain > > > > > > Le 23 févr. 2012 01:31, "Mohammad Nour El-Din" < > nour.moham...@gmail.com> > > > a écrit : > > > > > >> Hi... > > >> > > >> *cool* :D > > >> > > >> I will look into that the coming few days and get back with > > >> questions/feedback > > >> > > >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:21 AM, David Blevins < > david.blev...@gmail.com > > >> >wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > >> > On Feb 22, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:33 PM, David Blevins < > > >> david.blev...@gmail.com > > >> > >wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > >> From what I understand you're talking about a file that contains > > >> 100% of > > >> > >> the metadata and eliminates the need for most or all of the > actual > > >> > >> deployment process. That's definitely a good idea. > > >> > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > That is exactly what I am talking about but this meta-data file I > > was > > >> > > talking to make it in *code* and compile as part of the deployment > > >> > process > > >> > > to make it fast and memory efficient. More specifically for > running > > >> the > > >> > > application(s) over and over again, unless there is a chance and > > hence > > >> > the > > >> > > process is repeated. > > >> > > > > >> > > The code can be generated in Groovy or any dynamic language that > can > > >> make > > >> > > it easy to deal with at run time. > > >> > > > > >> > > Using Groovy can have an advantage which that Groovy has > facilities > > >> for > > >> > > building DSL(s) which we can use to define a DSL for describing > > >> whatever > > >> > > aspects we need while scanning or any other operation we want to > do > > >> while > > >> > > deploying which also can serve as a more readable, almost English > > >> > language > > >> > > rather than the tree like language based on XML. > > >> > > > >> > Maybe check out this doc. Some of the things you mention might tie > in > > >> > here: > > >> > > > >> > http://openejb.apache.org/dev/configuration-and-assembly.html > > >> > > > >> > There are two layers you could deploy apps in code: > > >> > > > >> > 1. Build the EjbModule by hand and configure then assemble it. > > >> > 2. Build the AppInfo by hand then assemble it. > > >> > > > >> > Working with the AppInfo tree is a bit like writing assembly code. > > >> > Working with the EjbModule and EjbJar tree is a bit more like a > DSL. > > >> > There are nice and fancy methods in there and even some DSL syntax. > > >> > > > >> > In pure performance terms, considering no other requirements, > cutting > > >> out > > >> > the ConfigurationFactory by simply saving the resulting AppInfo > object > > >> then > > >> > reloading it on each deploy is going to be pretty fast. It would > cut > > >> out > > >> > 80% of the deploy code, including scanning. > > >> > > > >> > Not how this strictly relates to what you might be thinking, but > that > > is > > >> > at least some insight on the problem space. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -David > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Thanks > > >> - Mohammad Nour > > >> ---- > > >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep > > moving" > > >> - Albert Einstein > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > ---- > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > - Albert Einstein >
