Great, thanks Rajith. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Rajith Attapattu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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/ >
