Hi all, +1 sounds good to me too.
And +1 for a dev guide with the boot one and the non-boot way. -- barthel > On 12 May 2016, at 08:29, Achim Nierbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > > sounds good to me jb > so go ahead :) > > regards, Achim > > 2016-05-12 8:20 GMT+02:00 Sobkowiak Krzysztof <[email protected]>: > >> It's nice the boot theme goes forward. +1 for all points. Especially >> waiting for the new dev guide. I think the guide should provide the both >> ways - the boot one and the non-boot way. >> >> Regards >> Krzysztof >> >> On 11.05.2016 17:04, Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Karaf Boot code is now on the Apache Git: >>> >>> https://git.apache.org/karaf-boot.git/ >>> >>> with the github mirror: >>> >>> https://github.com/apache/karaf-boot >>> >>> I created the component in Jira. >>> >>> I will update the website with karaf-boot description. >>> >>> I propose the following roadmap for karaf-boot, heading to the first 1.0 >> release: >>> >>> 1. Bootstrapping >>> ---------------- >>> As a reminder, karaf-boot has two goals: >>> - simplify the way to create module and application for developers >>> - simplify the bootstrapping as a "standalone" application (leveraging >> the container feature) >>> >>> Currently, we mostly address the first point. Our starters provide >> annotations allowing to easily create application. The >> karaf-boot-maven-plugin "calls" the annotation processor in the starters, >> and other plugins behind the hood to easily generate artifacts. >>> >>> Now, we have to address the second point: bootstrapping. I started a PoC >> on that. >>> I created new starters for bootstrapping: >>> - karaf-boot-starter-feature creates a feature using the dependencies >> and project artifact >>> - karaf-boot-starter-distribution creates both zip and tar.gz Karaf >> custom distribution embedding the current project artifact and dependencies >>> - karaf-boot-starter-distribution-rjar is similar to distribution, but >> it's a runnable jar (using a custom Main) >>> - karaf-boot-starter-docker creates a docker image embedding the custom >> distribution >>> >>> Now, the karaf-boot-maven-plugin is checking the dependencies to find >> one of these bootstrap starter, and react accordingly. >>> However, most of the logic is in the plugin, leveraging >> karaf-maven-plugin (assembly and archive goals for instance). >>> If this approach works (and is easy), I don't think it's the most >> elegant way. >>> I think we should create a @bootstrap annotation on a Runnable class in >> the bootstrap starters. The annotated class is responsible of the bootstrap >> artifact creation. An abstract bootstrap starter provide an annotation >> processor that look for @bootstrap annotation and run the class in a >> thread. The karaf-boot-maven-plugin just delegates the bootstrapping to the >> starter. >>> >>> WDYT ? >>> >>> 2. New starters >>> --------------- >>> We have to extend the coverage of the starter to address more use cases. >> I'm thinking about starters for test (both utest and itest leveraging >> pax-exam), for jaas, for management/MBean, for eventadmin, for decanter, >> for camel, etc. >>> >>> 3. New samples >>> -------------- >>> Related to 2, each new starter should have a corresponding sample. The >> samples are really important as it's where the users start. >>> >>> We should also provide kind of full application use case, multi-module. >> I started this showing how to use different starters in different modules >> (like a Logo construction set). >>> >>> 4. Documentation and Karaf Dev Guide >>> ------------------------------------ >>> The "new" Karaf Dev guide will be based mostly on karaf-boot. A second >> section ("advanced") can still address non karaf-boot cases. >>> >>> Thoughts ? >>> >>> Regards >>> JB >> >> -- >> Krzysztof Sobkowiak >> >> JEE & OSS Architect, Integration Architect >> Apache Software Foundation Member (http://apache.org/) >> Apache ServiceMix Committer & PMC Member (http://servicemix.apache.org/) >> Senior Solution Architect @ Capgemini SSC ( >> http://www.capgeminisoftware.pl/) >> > > > > -- > > Apache Member > Apache Karaf <http://karaf.apache.org/> Committer & PMC > OPS4J Pax Web <http://wiki.ops4j.org/display/paxweb/Pax+Web/> Committer & > Project Lead > blog <http://notizblog.nierbeck.de/> > Co-Author of Apache Karaf Cookbook <http://bit.ly/1ps9rkS> > > Software Architect / Project Manager / Scrum Master
