David Jencks wrote:
I'm not entirely sure I understand how you are using all the terms here, so hopefully you'll be able to understand at least part of what I write:-)
I'm assuming by "service" you mean "a bunch of mbeans".
Exactly. The term "service" is taken from the names of the mbeans and files currently available in Geronimo. I don't therefore understand why people name the bunch of mbeans - services - if they're not so? How would you like to see it named? "A bunch of mbeans" is quite a long name :-)
There are 2 parts: the code and the mbean deployment info. These can be put together into a ".sar" file (hopefully it doesn't actually need this extension any longer" with the deployment info in META-INF/geronimo-service.xml. Alternatively the code and *-service.xml file can be deployed separately.
Got it too.
You have to tell the deployment system about these. By far the easiest way at the moment is to put the code in lib and the *-service.xml file in deploy, or the *.sar file in deploy.
Alternatively, you can communicate with the deployment scanner,either through the web console or via jmx, and tell it directly to deploy your package. You can also configure the deployment scanner to look where you keep your package.
I guess you think about etc/boot-service.xml file where one can define another location, don't you? I'd just come up with this right after I've woken up. I don't remember if I dremt about Geronimo, though ;-)
<mbean descriptor="org.apache.geronimo.kernel.deployment.scanner.DeploymentScanner"
name="geronimo.deployment:role=DeploymentScanner">
<constructor>
<arg type="java.net.URL[]">${geronimo.home}/deploy/,</arg>
<arg type="long">5000</arg>
</constructor>
</mbean>
By the way, is the comma after the URL required?
Some examples are the remoting service and the connector service. I believe both of these have the code in lib and the *-service.xml file in deploy.
Right.
Currently the openejb nova ejb containers are missing their *-service.xml file to set up the ejb deployer: we seem to have forgotten to commit it at apachecon. I am testing a couple of things with it and should commit it sometime tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to checking it out from CVS. I've been looking for it for a few days.
Hope this answers something related to your question:-)
Yes. I couldn't expect to have it written better! Thanks David.
If I finish a doc about it, where would you recommend to publish it - Wiki or CVS?
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