Hello. I've been tied up for the last week or two on some other projects, but they are now (hopefully) behind me. In the meantime lots has happened at Avalon (you people move fast) and specifically I'm trying to get caught up with Merlin development. Two main questions:
1. JNDI I'm not sure what the status is with Merlin and JNDI. What I'd like to see is something like JNDI exporting of services declared within a block. The meta-info could determine the JNDI binding names and it would allow access to services other than the kernel. Perhaps something like AltRMI could be used to accomplish the exporting part (like EOB). Does this sound feasible? Is this at all along the lines of what's currently being developed? 2. Engines and Classpaths I had a hack put together for downloading engine resources from a Maven-style repository to the local Merlin repository; however, it used an ugly command line hack to get the repository URL. I'm going to change that to use the kernel configuration file and submit the patch. Has any other work been done along these lines? Also, there was once upon a time talk about a container bootstrapper, probably JMX or JNLP based, which could be used to update a merlin or phoenix installation. Well, looks like I need one now. Just wondering if anyone actually put one together. If not, I'll be hacking something together soon enough. Oh, and I have PheonixJMS (OpenJMS) up and running in Merlin properly. I've tried to reach people on that team but no response so far. Is Paul still working on it? Thanks! J. Aaron Farr � SONY ELECTRONICS � DDP-CIM � (724) 696-7653 � --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
