On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Hans Granqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin: thanks. I followed some of the tutorials found online and > they were all modifying the Guice java bindings file to point to their > implementations, so I missed that web.xml actually decides which > to use. We just use web.xml to specify which module to load. You should never modify the Guice modules that ship with Shindig -- instead, you should add in your module and drop in the web.xml if the default wiring doesn't work for you. > > I noticed Shindig pulls in something like 150 dependency jars. That's > quite a lot. Like Andre hinted at, can we come up with a document > with best practices to merge Shindig code with your own code? > > Not sure what format would be best: a simple readme.txt somewhere > in the source tree? (I can post a simple patch to the list to get started, > if we think that's the right way to do it) Christian Schalk had a great tutorial for this -- it's a little out of date now, but the general concepts remain the same. We should probably try to get this included as a point of reference for the java deployment. > > Hans > > > > On 7/3/08, Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Andre Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 02 July 2008 05:42:05 pm Kevin Brown wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Hans Granqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > This is all good info, thanks! > > > > > > > > > > However, I've looked into the source and have a few concerns. > Here's > > > what > > > > > I'm struggling a bit with: > > > > > > > > > > I really want to use Shindig as a basis for my social network, but > > > Maven > > > > > is a lil bit too complex for me (hey, I struggle with Ant! ;). > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to be able to write my code on my own and then slot it > into > > > > > Shindig, but the SocialApiGuiceModule.java needs to be changed at > > > > > compile-time, which means I somehow *have* to build my social > network > > > > > in one build. I therefore *have* to understand Shindig's build > process. > > > > > > > > You're not supposed to modify the module, you're supposed to provide > your > > > > own. The module itself is actually loaded from the web.xml. You can > > > always > > > > replace SocialApiGuiceModule with any other module. > > > > > > Hey is this documented anywhere? > > > > > > > > This is how Guice works -- see the Guice user's guide for details. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does this make sense? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
