It's not about JavaEE users. It's just that -osgi classes will
implement interfaces from -core.

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Brian Topping <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oi vey!  Sorry if I missed this!
>
> wicket-core cannot depend on wicket-osgi for the sake of J2EE users....
>
> On Aug 16, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Andreas Pieber wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 22:42, Brian Topping <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Fair enough, but there's no reason for a fourth artifact.  Anything can be
>>> done with the third one.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, but there is :-( wicket-osgi will need a dep to wicket-core --> if
>> wicket-core likes to include wicket-osgi (as planed) than there is a
>> cross-reference :-(
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Andreas
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 16, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Andreas Pieber wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, but if you can surpess two, you can also supress all three and adding
>>> a
>>>> forth only logical component putting all others together and add the
>>>> required osgi headers.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 22:30, Brian Topping <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why is that?  There are still problems with the first three artifacts
>>> being
>>>>> uploaded to maven central.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 16, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Andreas Pieber wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it will be better to integrate them into a forth artifact
>>>>>> wicket.jar. This will make it easier to integrate wicket-osgi tomorrow
>>>>> :-)
>>>>>> On Aug 16, 2011 10:18 PM, "Brian Topping" <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> There are definitely a number of ways to go about it. What I am
>>>>>> considering at the moment is that the build will proceed normally for
>>>>> -util
>>>>>> and -request, but set the deploy plugin to not deploy for those first
>>>>> two.
>>>>>> Then -core will integrate the contents of the other two (from local
>>>>>> repository only) and allow the deploy plugin to operate normally.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 16, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Martin Grigorov wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Andreas Pieber <[email protected]
>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 21:22, Martin Grigorov <
>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Indeed it is Maven problem. We (Wicket devs) want to keep the code
>>>>>>>>>> clean and that's why the old wicket.jar from 1.4 has been split in
>>>>>>>>>> three modules. The goal is that -util classes are just utilities,
>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>>> should not know about Application, RequestCycle, Session, etc.
>>>>>>>>>> -request can use the classes from -util but again should not see
>>>>>>>>>> Application, RequestCycle, Session, etc.
>>>>>>>>>> The best solution for both devs and users I think would be if Maven
>>>>>>>>>> supported the scenario where you have several modules which depend
>>> on
>>>>>>>>>> each other but should not be installed/deployed in local/remote
>>>>> repos.
>>>>>>>>>> If this was/is possible then we can merge those sub-modules at
>>>>> install
>>>>>>>>>> time in wicket.jar again and everything will be the same from user
>>>>>>>>>> perspective. But AFAIK it is not possible to tell Maven to not
>>>>>>>>>> install/deploy modules.
>>>>>>>>>> Maybe we can solve that with a second pom.xml - one pom.xml for
>>>>>>>>>> developers and another for official builds.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This could be also done in one pom. Still one option would be to
>>> still
>>>>>>>>> deploy them AND repackage them (into e.g. wicket.jar). I think this
>>> is
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> same (or at least very similar) to what Brian has in mind :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We have different understanding about "get into wicket" :-)
>>>>>>>>>> You want to put the new classes in wicket-core and I prefer to put
>>>>>>>>>> them in o.a.w:wicket-osgi:jar which still will be part of Wicket
>>>>>>>>>> distro and will be used only by users who deploy apps in OSGi
>>>>>>>>>> containers. So you can develop in wicketstuff/wicket-osgi and when
>>>>>>>>>> ready we can just adopt it in Wicket.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No we're not :-) I just want to name all options. If it is really
>>> only
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> problem of repackaging we can add wicket-osgi and pack wicket-osgi,
>>>>>> core,
>>>>>>>>> request and util into one wicket.jar. This one can deploy without
>>> any
>>>>>>>>> problem (and although there are (optional) osgi deps to any j2ee
>>>>> server
>>>>>> AND
>>>>>>>>> on any osgi environment. If someone is really caring about the ten
>>>>>>>>> additional osgi classes never used he can still use core, util and
>>>>>> request;
>>>>>>>>> otherwise the repacked wicket.jar will also do.
>>>>>>>> Not sure what Brian has in mind but the idea is to not deploy -util,
>>>>>>>> -request and -core in Maven Cental repo.
>>>>>>>> Those should be something which stays in Wicket's kitchen. Maven will
>>>>>>>> use them to build the uber jar (wicket.jar) which will be deployed
>>>>>>>> with the proper OSGi headers in Maven repos and used by users.
>>>>>>>> Only Wicker devs will know about -util, -request, -core,
>>>>>>>> -whatever-we-split-later...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The same can be achieved with CheckStyle but this is a different
>>> topic.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The reason why I would like to work in a fork is NOT core util and
>>>>>> request.
>>>>>>>>> We do not have to change anything there. BUT for e.g. spring we'll
>>>>> have
>>>>>> to.
>>>>>>>>> And I don't think that we want to play the same game there again
>>>>>> (additional
>>>>>>>>> package and repacking). This sounds ways overpowered for about 2-3
>>>>>>>>> additional classes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But I guess it is a matter of 10 files or so, so there is not big
>>>>>>>>>> difference.
>>>>>>>>>> In both cases I'd like to have some tests which will verify that
>>> OSGi
>>>>>>>>>> stuff still works for the next release. Maybe integration tests ?!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No discussion about this. While pax-wicket might not have the
>>> highest
>>>>>>>>> unit-test coverage I've about 87% coverage by integration tests.
>>>>>> Pax-Exam in
>>>>>>>>> combination with Tiny-Bundle and HTML-Unit is extremly useful such
>>>>>>>>> situations. So there will be enough tests that you know immediately
>>> if
>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>> change breaks the osgi integration :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm a little bit busy tomorrow morning but I'll start tomorrow
>>> evening
>>>>>>>>> providing first ideas in a wicket fork based on Brian's
>>>>> implementation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>>> Andreas
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I cannot
>>>>>>>>>>>> decide that by myself. I have just a single vote.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Of cause; that's why we/I discuss this here in public to reach as
>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>>>> wicket devs as possible :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I personally don't like the approach "merge -util, -request and
>>>>> -core
>>>>>>>>>>>> into wicket.jar (as in Wicket 1.4) and put the additional OSGi
>>>>>> related
>>>>>>>>>>>> code there too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In that way I think the following solution might be more
>>> interesting
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>> you: use the split-package approach to osgify all three jars and
>>> add
>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>>>> additional wicket-osgi package containing all the osgi specific
>>>>> code.
>>>>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>>>>>> already taken a quick look at guice and spring and although there
>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>>> additions required I think they can be included directly in those
>>>>>>>>>>> "side-projects". Does this sound interesting for you?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> No matter what you decide I'll be glad to help you!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you very much Martin!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Andreas
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Andreas Pieber <
>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Martin,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think this is more kind of a principle question. Yes, it is
>>>>>> possible
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> keep this all in wicketstuff/pax-wicket. We can also fork wicket
>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> implement osgi support there. Or I can use maven to adapt and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> overwrite/repack wicket in pax-wicket as required.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So again, this thread isn't about what can be done, but rather
>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be done. What is the best for wicket and what is the best for
>>>>> osgi.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wicket
>>>>>>>>>>>>> can become THE webframework for osgi. As long as we do not
>>> commit
>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> goal of making wicket a first class osgi framework (but rather
>>>>> work
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> pax-wicket/wicket stuff) people will always have the feeling
>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> only minor interests into supporting osgi and eg move on to
>>>>> vaadin.
>>>>>>>>>> IMHO
>>>>>>>>>>>>> this could not be the goal of such a great framework as wicket.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> OK back to the main topic of this thread. I understand that
>>> wicket
>>>>>> 1.5
>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> already on its way and that you do not want to add anything "new
>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> possible dangerous" to the release. On the other hand i've
>>>>> collected
>>>>>>>>>> tons
>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> experience in the past half year developing pax-wicket. As a
>>> karaf
>>>>>> pmc
>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> technical architect of various other open and closed source osgi
>>>>>> i've
>>>>>>>>>>>>> collected enough experience to be sure that we can also
>>> introduce
>>>>>> osgi
>>>>>>>>>>>>> support in e.g 1.5.1. There will be extensions to the
>>> manifest.mf,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> activators, bundle and service listeners. Also changes to the
>>>>> class
>>>>>>>>>>>> loading
>>>>>>>>>>>>> at various places, but I promise that none of those changes will
>>>>>>>>>> effect
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wicket runtime in a j2ee server. If this is not the idea we can
>>>>> also
>>>>>>>>>>>> start
>>>>>>>>>>>>> adding osgi support from the first 1.6.0-SNAPSHOT packages.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I really want to do this in a public non-intrusive way
>>> presenting
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> possible options we have per move giving you the option to add
>>> all
>>>>>>>>>>>> concerns
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you have.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> From this point of view, if you want users to "reference" only
>>>>>>>>>>>> wicket-core
>>>>>>>>>>>>> option two is the way to go. In case you want them to reference
>>>>>>>>>>>> everything
>>>>>>>>>>>>> option one is the one to go. If you want to provide an all
>>> package
>>>>>>>>>> anyhow
>>>>>>>>>>>> 3
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is the right one. Depending on this we can provide an
>>>>> implementation
>>>>>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> fork on github and further discuss advantages/disadvantages.
>>> WDYT?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kind regards, Andreas
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Martin Grigorov
>>>>>>>>>>>> jWeekend
>>>>>>>>>>>> Training, Consulting, Development
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://jWeekend.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Martin Grigorov
>>>>>>>>>> jWeekend
>>>>>>>>>> Training, Consulting, Development
>>>>>>>>>> http://jWeekend.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Martin Grigorov
>>>>>>>> jWeekend
>>>>>>>> Training, Consulting, Development
>>>>>>>> http://jWeekend.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>



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