I can't speak specifically to the question of multiple Axis jars in the various apps, but from a Beehive perspective we have discussed trying to make sure two separate scenarios could be possible:
1. packaging of Beehive runtime classes inside of applications. The benefit here is that a single server can potentially run multiple applications using different versions of the runtime. The price tag for this is memory (multiple copies of the same classes in different apps) and some potential maintenance pain (runtime jars in multiple places). A model like this is likely better if consuming apps from a different org/group/... or producing them with intent to be used by a different org/group/... where synchronizing on versions can cause pain. 2. packaging of Beehive runtime classes as a system-level resource (aka system classpath or server global mechanisms). Means only a single copy, so less memory reqts, easier update that impacts all applications, but at the price of ensuring all deployed apps are able to use the same version of the runtime. This is probably a better model if all apps on a server are "captive" (controlled by a single org/group). Right now, I think we are mostly doing #1 (not sure if this is intentional or accidental :)... because it is relatively easy and lower risk to move from app-scoped to system-scoped (just add the runtime jars onto your system classpath to override app-scoped versions) than it is to go the other direction. -- Kyle > -----Original Message----- > From: Davanum Srinivas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 6:26 AM > To: Beehive Dev > Subject: Many copies of jar's? > > > May i ask why? > > C:\APACHE.SVN\beehive\trunk>find . -name "ax*.jar" > ./samples/PetStoreDashboard/lib/axis-ant.jar > ./samples/PetStoreDashboard/lib/axis.jar > ./samples/petstoreWeb/WEB-INF/lib/axis-ant.jar > ./samples/petstoreWeb/WEB-INF/lib/axis.jar > ./wsm/external/axis-ant.jar > ./wsm/external/axis.jar > ./wsm/samples/dropInDeployment/AddressBook/client/lib/axis-ant.jar > ./wsm/samples/dropInDeployment/AddressBook/client/lib/axis.jar > > Thanks, > dims > > -- > Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/ >
