Is someone actively working on the generic interfaces for wrapping the SSL code? IBM is also interested in supporting this effort as it would make the IBM JDK a valid option as well as jRockit I'd suspect. We'd like to make sure we don't go off in the weeds to solve the same problem.
Thoughts? - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan D. Cabrera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:54 PM Subject: TriFork/CORBA meeting minutes > A kickoff phone call meeting occured between TriFork and a few PMC > members. > > July 8th 2005, 4:00pm GMT > > Attending: > > Kresten Krab Thorup - TriFork > David Blevins > Alan Cabrera > Jeff Genender > David Jenks > Jacek Laskowski - had to leave early > Geir Magnusson > Aaron Mulder > Dain Sundstrom > > Kresten explained some of the architectural bits of the TriFork CORBA > server. There is a CORBA core and on top of it is the RMI/IIOP bridge. > They use CORBA interceptors and some interesting code for sockets. The > sockets code is like Tomcat's connectors. TriFork currently uses JacORB > to compile IDL. > > Integration work w/ OpenEJB would use existing standard OMG CORBA > interfaces with the exception of the SSL code, where the OMG spec is > deficient. In this case a generic interface will be provided to make > the code portable across different CORBA implementations. > > There was a discussion on how OpenEJB and Trifork handles the TX aspect > of interop. David Jenks mentioned that we don't currently support TX > interop nor do we have a JTS TM, and that we would like to support > interop but not necessarily JTS. Kresten mentioned that JTS isn't quite > adapted to support j2ca 1.5 TX inflow and that it would probably be > plausible to wrap JTS around JTA although they currently do the reverse. > > The stages of work that were discussed were: > > stage 1: Extricate the CORBA server from the TriFork server. This is > what will be submitted for Geronimo incubation. Kresten will be on > vacation but he thinks that this will be ready in August. > > stage 2: Spruce up the code, e.g. > > - integrate OpenEJB code > - add javadoc comments > - add documentation > - put in a keystore server > - spruce up I/O code (maybe use ActiveIO) > > stage 3: get ready to graduate! > > The idea of stage 2 is to have raw code put into the incubator where > Kresten and the community can work together. > > The group recommended that the CORBA project be incubated in Geronimo > with the goal that it become a sub-project of Geronimo. > > I'm sure I left out some interesting bits. Please feel free to fill in > the gaps. > > Regards, > Alan > > > > >
