Resource Adapters really aren't application components (as the autonumber
thing was). That said, they're not really components of the container or
the server either.
My vote would be to have an extra autodeployed directory, for any
'deployed plugin' type of component.
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Toby Allsopp wrote:
> This is perhaps a more general issue of how we should bundle application
> components with JBoss.
>
> At the moment, the only bundled component that I'm aware of is the
> AutoNumber EJB, and I seem to recall Rickard being unhappy at its
> appearance.
>
> The Minerva resource adapters are more fundamental to a basic JBoss
> installation than a primary key generator, however. Without them it
> isn't going to be possible to access JDBC resources by default.
>
> An option would be to put them in a directory, say dist/lib/connectors,
> that is not autodeployed but have them explicitly deployed by an MBean.
>
> Another option is to add an extra autodeployed directory, say
> dist/lib/deploy, for bundled application components.
>
> Toby.
>
> Aaron Mulder wrote:
> >
> > After the most recent updates, you can use the JBossCX connector
> > module with the Minerva .RARs for JDBC and JDBC/XA support. However, I'm
> > not sure where the .RARs should go in CVS and in the dist directory. I
> > suppose they should ultimately end up in dist/deploy so they are deployed
> > when the server is started. So how about putting them in src/connectors
> > and then altering the build to dump them in dist/deploy?
> > The only issue is that we'll alter the xxxDataSourceLoaders to use
> > connectors under the covers, and when we do the Minerva .RARs will be
> > required for basic server operation. So it's a little misleading to
> > put them in dist/deploy, which looks like a directory for "user data".
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > Aaron
>
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Dan Christopherson (danch)
nVisia Technical Architect (www.nvisia.com)
Opinions expressed are mine and do not neccessarily reflect any
position or opinion of nVISIA.
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