Oops, sorry. I forgot to reply (thanks Kevan for the reminder). The idea is simple. By default the web application bundles (WABs) are deployed asynchronously. So when somebody calls bundle.start() and the method returns the WAB might still be deploying. And to figure when the WAB finished deploying you would have to listen to certain events or check for presence of certain services in the registry (for example, you want to know when it's ok to start sending requests to the WAB). With the synchronous deploy bundle.start() blocks until the WAB is deployed so right away you know when you can send the requests.
Hope that answers you questions, Jarek On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Jacek Laskowski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Jarek Gawor <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's Geronimo-specific. > > Would you elaborate on its use case? Where would a user appreciate its > benefits? > > Jacek > > -- > Jacek Laskowski > Java EE, functional languages and IBM WebSphere - http://blog.japila.pl > Warszawa JUG conference = Confitura (formerly Javarsovia) :: > http://confitura.pl >
