Hello Sachith, Thank you for considering Apache Qpid. Marnie has provided some good information about this project in a previous email. Here is the link. http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-qpid-dev/200803.mbox/browser
Regards, Rajith On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Sachith Dhanushka < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am really interested in the project to make qpid java broker > configurable. > One of the reasons I like this project is that I have good knowledge on > working with XML, Java and related technologies and also I'd like to get > in > to open source and contribute what I could to the community. > > Please help me to understand the project clearly. This is what my > understanding about the project. This project is to identify the > configurable properties within qpid and externalize them, using an XML > configuration file so that users can edit the configuration file to tweak > the behavior of qpid. In addition to that, the configuration file have an > XML schema which will be used to validate the configuration file, during > start up time or while client is editing it. > > My approach will be: > > - getting acquainted with the code and project > - diving in to the code to understand which parameters are worth exposing > to > the users > - coming up with a schema for the parameters, leaving room for new > parameters to be added later > - coding a way to read user properties in to the system, while validating > them > - integrating the read parameters in to the main code, so that those > params > are available to be accessed in relevant places > > When I downloaded the M2 release of qpid, I saw there are couple of > configuration files, including config.xml, virtualhosts.xml, inside etc > folder. When this project digs in to the code and find out more > properties, > what will happen to these files? Will these also go in to the > configuration > file(s) coming out of this project, or is it that the new config file will > have the blend of config properties that the users are likely to change? > > About Me > ======= > I am a college student and I've been hacking for sometime now. I have very > good knowledge on Java, XML and related technologies. This is the first > time > I am getting in to Apache projects. I am really excited and I am confident > I > can perform up to the expectations of this project as I am conversant with > all the related technologies of this project. > > If I am given the permission to proceed with this idea, I will come up > with > a proper proposal and will send that to the mailing list. > > Thanks, > Sachith > -- Regards, Rajith Attapattu Red Hat blog: http://rajith.2rlabs.com/
