Thanks David & Kevan! See my reply in blue.
2010/8/23 Kevan Miller <[email protected]> > > On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:17 PM, David Jencks wrote: > > > This isn't enough information for me. > > > > What do you want to do with the information that, for instance, a karaf > instance started but no geronimo bundles were started? You have no idea how > to contact this karaf instance with this information, nor any information > about what it can do. > > I think we should target our common/intended use cases, which IMO is > running geronimo *servers*, not karaf instances... > I agree running karaf instance doesn't means a geronimo server is running. My solution only tells status of karaf instance, but it's enough for me, I think. > > > > > I don't think we should support this. I can understand trying to > communicate with a server that can do something, but not detecting that a > jvm started with some stuff running that has no way to communicate with the > outside world. > > > > Maybe if you explain your goals I'll start thinking this might be > useful.... > > IIUC, Rex wants to be able to detect running instances of Geronimo servers. > This could be used by install/uninstall programs or other management tools > for administering Geronimo servers. > > Personally, I'd like to understand what this code would look like. Is a > patch available? > You may find a initial patch of my solution. http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/sandbox/delos/status.patch > > I think our handling of multiple server instances could be improved. Aids > to help with the creation, configuration, and control of server instances. > Capturing information about running server instances might help us with some > of these issues... > > Agree. > --kevan -- Best Regards, Delos
