Thanks Jose (a.k.a. maxtorzito <maxtorz...@gmail.com>, I know you from PrimeFaces forums).
TomEE is next on the to-do list. :) On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:00 AM, José Luis Cetina <maxtorz...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi let me tell you my experience. > I migrate from managedbeans + mojarra + glassfish to myfaces + WELD + TomEE > and now I'm so happy to did so. > > Now my app use: > -Apache TomEE 1.5 > -Apache MyFaces > -Apache CODI > -Primefaces 3.4.2 > -Primefaces Mobile > -Primefaces Extensions 0.6.1 > -PrettyFaces 3.3.3 > -OpenJPA 2.2 > -EJB > -JdbcRealm for login (my own query for login using any tables in my mysql > database). > -WELD > -And all the excellent Apache stuff > Etc... > > And I'm so happy with this change, the this are more easy to config, use > more standards, is very very fast, use myfaces and with this you can forget > speed issues. > > This project is a maven project, in netbeans 7.2. > > If you need some example project I can send you a simple example. > > I enhance my jpa entities so easy with maven plugin, run in every IDE and > other stuff that are excellents > > Seriously if have the opportunity and time to migrate do it now you will be > happy. > > And one tip maybe you don't need CODI at the beginning. CODI can help in > many things like type-safe navigations, security, validations, prerenders > events and so on. > > Al most forget to tell you the easy Way for drop your jars in lib folder > and with this decrease your war size, I remember in glassfish sometimes it > wasn't easy. > > I recommend you to be alert for changes and fixes in TomEE, because they > fix issues and update in they trunk svn everyday. > > Please suscribe to TomEE mailing lists. Rommain is a great commiter guy who > help immediately with other people. > > I hope this experience can help you. > > SCJA. Jose Luis Cetina > maxtorzito > El 17/11/2012 06:06, "Mark Struberg" <strub...@yahoo.de> escribió: > > > Hi! > > > > If you look for docs, here they are: > > > > http://tomee.apache.org/documentation.html > > > > LieGrue, > > strub > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > > From: "Howard W. Smith, Jr." <smithh032...@gmail.com> > > >To: Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> > > >Cc: MyFaces Discussion <users@myfaces.apache.org> > > >Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:02 PM > > >Subject: Re: MyFaces 2.1.9 / Glassfish 3.1.2.2: Migrating to CDI > Managed > > Beans > > > > > > > > >Great, thanks Mark. I did download TomEE, and looking at examples > > (referenced on same page as TomEE downloads) and I'm looking at this > guide > > below to ensure I am injecting beans correctly. > > > > > > > > >http://docs.jboss.org/weld/reference/1.0.0/en-US/html/injection.html > > > > > > > > > > > >On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> > wrote: > > > > > >If you have troubles starting tomee then don't hesitate to ping us via > > IRC on irc.freenode.net in channel #openejb (tomee s hosted there). > > >> > > >>LieGrue, > > >>strub > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>________________________________ > > >> > > >>> From: "Howard W. Smith, Jr." <smithh032...@gmail.com> > > >>>To: MyFaces Discussion <users@myfaces.apache.org>; Mark Struberg < > > strub...@yahoo.de> > > >>>Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:06 PM > > >>>Subject: Re: MyFaces 2.1.9 / Glassfish 3.1.2.2: Migrating to CDI > > Managed Beans > > >> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Mark, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Thank you for the response. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>1. Yes, I did add an 'empty' beans.xml to WEB-INF as advised by many > > places on the internet, and the app starts up successfully. I did 'not' > > have beans.xml added to META-INF, since all of my code is in the web app > (I > > created no JARs of my own). I just added beans.xml to META-INF (while > > beans.xhtml already exists in WEB-INF), attempted to start glassfish, > and I > > get the following error: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>INFO: WELD-000900 1.1.8 (Final) > > >>>SEVERE: Exception while invoking class org.glassfish.weld.WeldDeployer > > load method > > >>>java.lang.NullPointerException > > >>>at > > > org.glassfish.weld.BeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.handleEntry(BeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.java:504) > > >>>at > > > org.glassfish.weld.BeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.collectJarInfo(BeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.java:482) > > >>>at > > > org.glassfish.weld.BeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.populate(BeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.java:422) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>I'm sure the error above means that my web app does not need 'empty' > > beans.xml in META-INF (and WEB-INF), so I will remove beans.xml from > > META-INF. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>2. Yes, all CDI beans (accessed via EL) have @Named annotation, and I > > am using @Inject along with Qualifiers (for classes that extend ancestor > > classes). Below are notes from what I did/completed yesterday for this > > migration: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Migrate from JSF Managed Beans to CDI Managed Beans > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Replace > > >>>javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean > > >>>with > > >>>javax.inject.Named > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>replace > > >>>javax.faces.bean.ManagedProperty > > >>>with > > >>>javax.inject.Inject > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>replace > > >>>javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped > > >>>with > > >>>javax.enterprise.context.SessionScoped > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>replace > > >>>javax.faces.bean.ApplicationScoped > > >>>with > > >>>javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>replace > > >>>@ManagedBean(name = > > >>>with > > >>>@Named( > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>replace > > >>>@ManagedProperty("#{.*}") > > >>>with > > >>>@Inject > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Migrated applicationScopeBean from JSF ApplicationScoped managed bean > > to EJB @Singleton with @Startup (please disregard this, since the last > > thing I did with this was to migrate it to CDI applicationscoped instead > of > > EJB singleton and startup) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Added CDI Qualifier called @Descendant for all descendants of Address, > > EmailAddress, Phone, and PointOfContact controllers > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Replace > > >>>FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getSessionMap() > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>with @Inject and private instance variable > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>3. Honestly, I was hoping not to have to migrate to another container > > like Tomcat or TomEE, since I only have little/limited experience with > > those containers (as I attempted to migrate to Tomcat 7.0.32, 1 or 2 > weeks > > ago, but too much was involved and I couldn't even get the web app to > > start). I am open to trying TomEE, hopefully, as a last-and-final > option. :) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>Hi Howard! > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>JUEL is an Expression Language implementation. It has nothing to do > > with CDI apart from CDI providing an ELResolver. JUEL is much faster than > > the EL interpreter in glassfish, so this is fine. > > >>>> > > >>>>For your beans getting recognized in EL expressions: > > >>>> > > >>>>1.) Do you have a META-INF/beans.xml in all your jars/classpaths > which > > contain CDI beans? This files can be empty, they just act as marker > files. > > For the webapp you might add one to WEB-INF/beans.xml. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>2.) Do your CDI beans you access via EL have a @Named annotation? > > >>>>This is needed to make them available for ELResolvers. > > >>>> > > >>>>3.) glassfish has a few nasty integration issues when it comes to > > pluggin in different container parts. Can you try your app on tomee-1.5? > > [1]. It comes with the latest MyFaces out of the box! > > >>>> > > >>>>LieGrue, > > >>>>strub > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>[1] http://tomee.apache.org/downloads.html > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>----- Original Message ----- > > >>>>> From: "Howard W. Smith, Jr." <smithh032...@gmail.com> > > >>>>> To: MyFaces Discussion <users@myfaces.apache.org> > > >>>>> Cc: > > >>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 10:35 AM > > >>>>> Subject: MyFaces 2.1.9 / Glassfish 3.1.2.2: Migrating to CDI > > Managed Beans > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Web application details: > > >>>>> JSF 2.1, MyFaces 2.1.9, PrimeFaces 3.4.1 (or 3.5-SNAPSHOT), > Glassfish > > >>>>> 3.1.2.2 (build 5), JUEL 2.2.5 > > >>>>> > > >>>>> From server log: > > >>>>> INFO: WELD-000900 1.1.8 (Final) > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Yesterday, I started migrating from JSF Managed Beans to CDI > Managed > > Beans. > > >>>>> I referred to Chapter 28 (CDI) of Oracle's Java EE 6 > > >>>>> Tutorial<http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/giwhb.html > >as > > >>>> > > >>>>> well as many other pages I found on the internet. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Finally, the app starts, as I think I completed most steps > necessary > > to > > >>>>> migrate to CDI managed beans, but now it seems as though my beans > > are not > > >>>>> accessible from facelets. As per > > >>>>> MYFACES-3104<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-3104>, > > >>>>> I am already using *JUEL 2.2.5* (that is working well with JSF > > Managed > > >>>>> Beans in production), so I already had * > > >>>>> org.apache.myfaces.EXPRESSION_FACTORY* set in web.xml, as well as > > >>>>> *org.apache.myfaces.SUPPORT_JSP_AND_FACES_EL > > >>>>> *to *false*, and the last thing I did was add the following to > > web.xml: > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> <context-param> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.annotation.SCAN_PACKAGES</param-name> > > >>>>> <param-value>pf,jsf.users,jsf.orders</param-value> > > >>>>> </context-param> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Which are just a 'few' of the packages that contained beans > > referenced > > >>>>> by > > >>>>> the initial page of the app (login.xhtml). > > >>>>> > > >>>>> My questions: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> 1. Can someone please advise me of blog/tutorials that list > > any/all > > >>>> > > >>>>> steps necessary to migrate MyFaces 2.1.9 / Glassfish 3.1.2.2 web > > app from > > >>>>> JSF Managed Beans to CDI? > > >>>>> 2. I am not using MyFaces CODI or OpenWebBeans (yet). I've seen > > >>>> > > >>>>> OpenWebBeans recommended with MyFaces Core (2.1.7+) for > > performance > > >>>>> reasons, and in PrimeFaces forum, I've seen MyFaces Core and > > MyFaces CODI > > >>>>> used together by some people. If I should use MyFaces CODI or > > OpenWebBeans, > > >>>>> please reply with blog/tutorial/instruction URLs. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> My next steps will probably be any/all of the following: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> 1. Remove JUEL 2.2.5 from the project, and see if I can > > successfully get > > >>>> > > >>>>> my pages to render via CDI > > >>>>> 2. Add MyFaces CODI (need to search for a good set of > > instructions on > > >>>>> how to do so) > > >>>>> 3. Add OpenWebBeans (same as above, need good set of > instructions) > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Please confirm/advise. If you need any more details from me (for > > example, > > >>>>> for me to reply with my web.xml), then please let me know. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>> Howard > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
