Thanks Stephen: Today, I have got conner stone's Helloworld.sar run on phonix. And get some feeling about how avalon works.
First, I build the conner stone, and phonix. Then copy the gennerated sar file to phonix/dist/apps directory. Then start phonix. Here comes another question, can we debug those Sar files independently(for example in jbuilder). I noticed there is another sub module called "testlet" with very little documentation, is it for testing, and how? Regards fanyun -----Original Message----- From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:49 AM To: Avalon Development Subject: RE: how to start learning Avalon? fanyun wrote > > Hi: > > I am a newbie to Avalon group. We are study avalon because now, > our company want to build a "stand alone Server" which handles > various kind of transactions. > > > My Question is: > > 1. Is avalon suitable for build a "stand alone server" Hi fanyun: A define yes. We have several Phoenix based platforms running a number of combinations of servers: Back-end collaborative-business-process-management hub. (Phoenix used for server management, Avalon for the component patterns, implementation and utilities) - time server - federation management - OMG Business Object Platform supporting users, task, resource usage, workspaces, desktops, etc. - A community server supporting model driven memberships. - A collaboration server handling model driven cross-enterprise processes (in progress) - Underlying X509 security model configurable by method/ principal-identity/role (in progress) - PKI server (CA, RA, Certificate Repository, Certificate Status Responder) * in progress Front-end desktop platform. (Phoenix used for server management, Avalon for the component patterns, implementation and utilities - uses a server framework because it provides active events concerning changes to user's preferences, changes to security credentials, etc. that need to be maintained by remote back-end servers. - agent server that handles remote event reception, local object cache control, - interactive shell supporting local credentials management, etc. And a servlet that re-uses the blocks in the above platforms that acts as a web gateway to the agent and/or back-end hub. > 2. I noticed that Avalon in fact is a list of Concept and > interfaces. There are several sub modules: Phoenix, conner > stone... I wonder where should I start from. From phonix or > from conner stone? I would recommend starting with the task of getting Phoenix up and running with one or two of the demo ".bar" servers. Then try to put together your own server as a bar file. This will give you a good feel for the role of Phoenix with respect to the job of server action and management and the way in which the Avalon component model is applied. > 3. I notice that James is the biggest project using avalon, what > version of avalon are they using? James maybe the biggest "open-source" project using Avalon but I know its not the biggest industrial development. I think James is tracking the Avalon CVS but I'm not sure. Someone else on this list will probably know. Cheers, Steve. Stephen J. McConnell, OSM sarl digital products for a global economy http://www.osm.net mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Regards > > fanyun > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
