Depending on the timing, Tim's suggestion of starting now in the sandbox was a good one. Tim, maybe you can help Sainath get started there?
Ted On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Tim McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Sainath, that would be wonderful if you're going to have the time. When > are you returning to college ?? > > Sainath Chowdary wrote: >> >> Thanks Ted and Tim for your feedback. I agree with both of you that we >> cannot attempt this in trunk as next release is ahead of us in few weeks. >> >> I would be happy to work on the proposed architecture for GEP once I get >> back to my college. Also by that time I guess 2.1.2 would have been >> released. >> >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Tim McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Sainath, I agree with Ted as well. Your ideas seem sound but I >> don't think we should attempt this in GEP trunk, which will soon be >> released in conjunction with the 2.1.2 Geronimo server. As an >> alternative, could you possibly work on this in the devtools sandbox ?? >> >> >> Sainath Chowdary wrote: >> >> I think that current architecture of GEP is too rigid in a way >> which produces very redundant code if we extend it for future >> versions of Geronimo. Also it is not compliant with multiple >> version of schemas.The UI elements are also somewhat implemented >> in a hacky way where v20 UI depends on v21 UI which should be >> the opposite. We need to introduce proper hierarchy levels >> according to schema/server versions in GEP MVC at this level >> before GEP becomes overly complicated. >> >> For this I propose we change the architecture of our JAXB model >> to provide support for multiple versions of schemas. With the >> help of slight customizations we can easily make JAXB model >> tailored for our purpose. The main task would be to create a >> common pool of classes between the versions and initializing the >> JAXB context properly. Assuming we support both v2.0 and v2.1 >> which respectively have geronimo-web-2.0.xsd & >> geronimo-web-2.0.1.xsd, we will create a Interface that will be >> implemented by both WebAppTypes so that in commn UI section we >> can directly cast to the interface and in version specific UI we >> can cast it to the particular version we are working in. >> >> After that we may need to refactor the code in ui plugins to >> utilize the new hierarchy levels and extra functionality added. >> Current architecture will easily achieve its bottleneck if the >> schema changes frequently. I find it this is the ideal time to >> reorganize the whole of GEP. >> Any comments? >> >> -- Thanks, >> Sainath Chowdary >> B.Tech III yr, Spring Semester >> Electronics & Communication Engg >> Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee >> >> >> -- Thanks, >> Tim McConnell >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Sainath Chowdary >> B.Tech III yr, Spring Semester >> Electronics & Communication Engg >> Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee > > -- > Thanks, > Tim McConnell >
