The EARDeployer tool will help out with this when its final.
WR
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]För The elephantwalker
> Skickat: den 18 oktober 2001 10:33
> Till: Orion-Interest
> Ämne: 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
>
>
>
