On a side note - I was thinking to alternatively use LightHTTPD [1] instead of Apache HTTPD cause it run's on most of my embedded devices already.
[1] http://www.lighttpd.net/ Cheers Daniel On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Simon Laws <simonsl...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Giorgio Zoppi <giorgio.zo...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> For embedded java and python are too much. .NET performs better, but >> it is tight with Windows. It has a lot of dependencies, programmers >> tends >> to use introspection at runtime in the core. I know, Java is a tool >> like can be C/C++, but generally performs bad in runtime/resource >> contrains enviroment but now the step is to see..a product. Any idea? >> >> 2011/10/9 dsh <daniel.hais...@googlemail.com>: > > Hi Giorgio > > Sounds interesting. I haven't looked at the Tuscany native runtime for > a long time but I know Sebastien and Daniel have been working on it on > and off. Last time I looked it relied on Apache HTTP server for http > support but I guess you could provide an alternative if you need http > and have a favourite. It would be interesting to determine what the > minimum function set (implementations and bindings etc) is. The core > is pretty small IIRC. > > Also what sort of components and compositions do you have in mind in > the first instance. Are you interested in more systematic components > like security and data access or domain specific components as well? > > While the embedded part by necessity must offer restricted function > the rest of the domain with which it communicates could be richer. (As > an aside would embedded devices be part of the SCA domain propper? If > so domain scalability becomes interesting) In some cases in the Java > runtime we represent components in a composite but "export" them to > run in an external environment. For example, implementation.widget > allows you define a Javascript component as part of your composite. > The component doesn't though run inside the Java runtime but is > instead exported to a browser where runs in the browsers Javascript > engine. Maybe that's a pattern that could be re-used in the embedded > scenario. > > More questions than answers. > > Simon > > -- > Apache Tuscany committer: tuscany.apache.org > Co-author of a book about Tuscany and SCA: tuscanyinaction.com >
