On 8/30/07, Karan Malhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1- Do we have to use JSP or Portlets just because we wan to to use them, > or > > we just need to provide good looking dynamic WebAdmin for OpenEJB, we > > started to think of the technology before we see what we really need > Thats a good one ;) . I think of it is "there is already something > available which can allow you to do a lot more and a lot faster ". So > JSF gives me the ability to build GUI rapidly, which is what we need > for WebAdming (GUI). Portlets give me layout and common look and feel > capabilities and other stuff. Allows me to "drop in" functionality at > the correct location without affecting anything else on the page. > Something like "Oh, I wish I could configure xyz on the server through > web admin, or I wish I could customize the way i look at log files > through webadmin" could be created and plugged in independently by a > developer. > This also allows somebody who just wants to add functionality on > their own instance of web admin in a standard way. For example, if i > created a cool portlet for my web admin, I can easily plugin into > webadmin without knowing anything about the current webadmin > framework. Later I realize that my portlet could be useful for the > community as a whole, I can simply submit the code to OpenEJB and we > can drop it into web admin. > > > > 2- If we really need to use any of these technologies, we can search for > > smaller Engines which provide the main functionality, > I think, For JSP support we could use Jasper to compile jsp's > > > sure - of Jetty, and we can provide OpenEJB we Jetty only to serve the > > WebAdmin, or we can do as Karan suggested before to have OpenEJB distro > > already bundled with Tomcat and/or Jetty . > Yes, ship the standalone version without webadmin and tomcat version > would have webadmin. People can pick and choose the distro depending > on what features they need
Gr8 so we are agree on what we need and how to do it, but who will do it ... :D just kidding, I like it and I want to join it. Manu did u start doing anything in this ??? > > > On 8/30/07, Jacek Laskowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 8/27/07, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is it possible to support JSF without a full servlet container, jsp > > > > enginge, and tag libs support? > > > > > > I don't think so. JSF is layered atop JSP so although you might think > > > of JSF with no servlet container (plus JSP) there's no JSF > > > implementation I can think of that would run in a servlet container > > > with no jsp engine. I'd like to hear I'm mistaken though. It'd be > > > great to have a JSF console for openejb. I like the idea. > > > > > > Jacek > > > > > > -- > > > Jacek Laskowski > > > http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks > > - Mohammad Nour > > > > > -- > Karan Singh Malhi > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour
