Leo,
> > Could Xcommander be used in a similar way to Beanshell? i.e
> > running commands like cp, ls, mv etc
> > (providing an app using it could make available those commands).
>
> definately. I'm making mods on it (very much alpha) which
> will separate 'the engine' from the 'demo'. This should allow
> it to do about anything java can do.
:-))
> I'm not sure if it is smart though to take this too far -
> the Ant engine is more powerful and more stable for jobs
> like this.
I think Ant is too tied to the *real* command line for my purposes. I like the ideas
behind
Xcommander.
> Here's the alternative: hook ant2 up to a socket using Avalon's
> wrapper model, add authentication support and a wealth of
> XCommands, and you've got java-based xml-aware remote control
> of a machine.
Way beyond my abilities :-(
> > Should not Xcommander move from cornerstone/demo to somewhere
> > more significant?
>
> XCommander was not designed for complex commands. It is easy
> to add in those capabilities, but doing so _right_ would
> require significant refactoring. If someone does that, then
> I'm +1. -1 until then.
What sort of refactoring required.
What I am looking for
=====================
Inside Jesktop I have a 98% full functioned beanshell working. It sould be nice to
use it to fire
commands at server components in the same VM (or an alternative VM)
Sort of syntax I am looking for ->
bsh> xcmd("localhost","james","<adduser user=\"fred\"/>");
or
bsh> xcmd("localhost","james",new James.AddUserCmd("Fred"));
Note : james is only an example.
Incidentally: I'd reckon a toXML() would be better than toString() on the commands. I
argue this
the whole time (but never get anywhere) as the only way for debugging purposes you can
see
instance numbers is to *not* override toString(). This is useful if you doubt whether
you have
one or two instances of apparently the same thing.
Note2 : Beanshell changed license (at 1.1 alpha 5) to dual LGPL/SPL. This is allows
it to be used
in netbeans apparently. Good for the community of course.
=====
Regards - Paul H
====
CVS -1, Perforce +1
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