----- Original Message ---- > From: Wade Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:02:20 AM > Subject: Re: Future of Jini/River > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Niclas Hedhman > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:10:43 PM > > Subject: Re: Future of Jini/River > > > > I disagree. The "Starter Kit" out-of-box experience does not have to > > work on all permutations of networking topology and what not. It needs > > to work on a laptop/desktop with Windows XP or later, Mac OSX and cool > > if it works on a handful of Linuxes as well, with a named JDK (1.4?) > > or later installed. I bet that covers "high nineties" of all curious > > people... > > > > I suggest 1.5. 1.6 is out and been so for a while now...update 10 is > released, > and annotations, generics, varargs, autoboxing etc all can make Jini easier > to > code. Anyways, that is my suggestion. Maybe there could be some other JAR > file > which can be included for 1.4 like other projects do now days. Personally, I > would really love to see some kind of a profiles for Jini though. This would > keep with the general principals on which it was based to be able to be moved > into other devices. This would mean supporting CLDC(MIDP) and CDC, any > thoughts > here? >
The main reason is that Jini transcends regular user or business applications, and is one of the things that really makes the technology attractive apart from it being something which can benefit many application classes. I get that folks want ease of use etc, but I suggest ease of use through API also allow complete and low level control when needed; just in case this wasn't the main idea. Annotations and other features such as new interfaces and abstract classes for starting points can make service creation much easier from a coding perspective, and then installers, setup, and configurations can be provided relatively easier for those higher level operating systems. Too, another facet is tooling for Eclipse and NetBeans at the Jini SDK level to get people going. Thanks, Wade ================== Wade Chandler, CCE Software Engineer and Developer, Certified Forensic Computer Examiner, NetBeans Dream Team Member, and NetBeans Board Member http://www.certified-computer-examiner.com http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/NetBeansDreamTeam http://www.netbeans.org
