Pardon my interjection, but if the problem domain is restricted to java files, wouldn't JNLP be the technology to leverage here?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark R. Diggory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:24 pm Subject: Re: new idea on maven usage? > Novel Idea, > > I think Ant might be a lighter starting point. In fact you could > do > something like the ant-plugin to generate an ant "build.xml" that > starts > the whole process. > > If the user has ant installed, they can just run your script, > otherwise, > you could package it with just enough of the ant classes that it > would > be light and simple to execute from within a jar file. > > %jar foo-start.jar > > -Mark > > Christian Andersson wrote: > > > Hi there, I think I have a new idea on how to use maven, not > just as a > > build system. > > > > anyway, what I thought of is the following. > > > > I want to use some sort of minimalistic version of maven to > start my > > applications, this way I do not have to distribute any of my jar > files,> or any of the external jar files, and I can also get a > version controled > > handling of the execution. > > > > what would be needed to use this. > > project.xml > > remove all the build stuff > > add information on which class to run and if it should be > > "threaded" > > > > maven > > includes no plugins and only 2 goals > > start to start the applikation (if the application is threaded > > maven will exist after "start" but the application still > > running) > > stop to stop the application (if it was started threaded) > > > > If I have maven-starter locally installed all I would need was to > > download the project.xml file and type maven start > > this would then download everything that was needed (if not > previously> downloaded) and start the applikation. > > > > In a sence it is sort of a webstart system, but the jar files > does not > > have to be on the same server, nor signed, etc... > > > > we could ofcourse demand some security in this so that jar files > hae to > > be signed, etc and that users have to agree to the signature > (much like > > webstart) > > > > but I think this could be better then webstart, since this could > also> work with server applications... > > > > anyway it is just an idea! > > > > /Christian > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Mark Diggory > Software Developer > Harvard MIT Data Center > http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
