----- Original Message ----- From: "Morten Wilken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The elephantwalker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:58 AM Subject: Re: orion xml's
> hi elephantwalker > > i see your point about gui's, but i really like the fact that you can go > down and mess with the xml files, i would just like to be sure i was the > only one messing with them :-) > > what i would envision is something like > ejb-jar.xml (as per specs) + custom-ejb-jar.xml = orion-ejb-jar.xml > > so that ejb-jar.xml and custom-ejb-jar.xml could be saely tucked away in > cvs, and orion managed orion-ejb-jar.xml all by itself (autorefreshing when > i changed anything in my xml files) > > but as you say, it's nice that orion even has xml files for configuration > :-) > > sincerely > morten wilken > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The elephantwalker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:32 AM > Subject: RE: orion xml's > > > > Morten, > > > > At least the dd's are in xml, when Orion started they were the only ones > > that used xml descriptors. The way to do this is with gui's that are > > integrated with orion. Orion does have some gui's for generating this > > configuration files...but my experience with them has been miserable. > > > > Most of us use auto-generated files as a start...its true that these have > > some things which aren't necessary for configuration (I mean who needs to > > know the wrapper class name?). > > > > My experience is that you can strip out the auto-generated bits which have > > nothing to do with configuration (version= , date= ,wrapper class =, > etc.), > > and this has no impact on the deployment...and in fact may hinder the > > deployment. For example, if you put in the version stuff, I have found > that > > the ejb will double-deploy.... > > > > What we need is a good gui for doing this...anybody good with jdom and > > swing? > > > > regards, > > > > the elephantwalker > > www.elephantwalker.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Morten Wilken > > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 AM > > To: Orion-Interest > > Subject: orion xml's > > > > > > Am i the only one who thinks that the idea that you have to edit the > > autogenerated files like orion-ejb-jar.xml etc. is a bit problematic? > > > > sure it can be done and it works, but i would be much happier if i could > > have 2 sets of xml files, the ones you edit (and you could put in your > > versioning system), and another set that orion generates, and that you > never > > have to fiddle with. > > > > it seems an odd mix the way it is right now, as if it was meant to be > > seperated, but somehow it wasn't followed through > > > > i could be wrong, and missing the point of the structure entirely > > > > comments appreciated > > sincerely > > morten wilken > > > > > > >
