Colin, I'm busy evaluating your ejbmerge plugin. I've got it up and running and it's a nice concept. At first sight this could be a solution for me, but i did notice something that will cause some problems for me: 1) if a tag is mentioned in the configfile (XMLMerger.xml) then there's a test if it already appears in the targetfile. If so, it won't be copied to the target file (again). This works fine for tags that only appear once in the sourcefile (ejb-jar.xml), like <enterprise-beans>. When i want to merge some <resource-refs>, which are related to my entity beans, i have tell de XMLMerger (via the config file) that i want to expand my <entity>-bean configuration. There is no <resource-refs>-tag in my original source ejb-jar.xml. Can i do this with the standard plugin ?
One solution, of course, is to make sure that the required tags are already (as placeholders) in the source file. But still, i will have tot replace (override it via the config file) the whole <resource-refs> section, so adding a single <resource-ref> to the already present ones won't work, i guess. 2) I want to override/merge a ''specific'' entity of session bean (or whatever 'element' in my ejb-jar.xml. I guess that current XMLMerger.java util will have to be extended to do something like: source-element=config-element AND it's source attribute-'ID'=the config's attribute-'ID'. I know that you've made the plugin for merging serveral ejb.jars (and their DD's) together. And for that case, it does the job (very wel, i must add). I my case, i need some extra. What i most certainly like about the plugin is that the source ejb-jar deliverable is there, ready to use, which fits nice in the whole maven thinking. What do you think about the stated 'problems' ? -wil- -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: MacLeod, Colin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: woensdag 24 maart 2004 16:44 Aan: Maven Users List Onderwerp: Re: AW: EJB Deployment descriptor configuration Hi Wim, > 1) XMLMerger.xml > -a) tag <enterprise-beans>: in my original Dep. Descripter there's an > entity bean with no resource refs (refs to Datasources e.g.). Is it > possible to put the <resource-ref> tags somewhere in de XMLMerger.xml so > that they get merged with the earlier <entity>-info. Here's an example: Well the way it works is that every tag which is in the XMLMerger.xml file will be merged. If a tag does not appear, it will be appended within one of the "to be merged" tags. Using this <file name="ejb-jar.xml"> <ejb-jar> <description/> <display-name/> <enterprise-beans/> <relationships/> <assembly-descriptor/> </ejb-jar> </file> for the ejb-jar will cause the contents of the ejb-jar/description, ejb-jar/display-name, ejb-jar/enterprise-beans, etc to be appended from one ejb jar to the next. Likewise for jboss, <file name="jboss.xml"> <jboss> <enterprise-beans/> <resource-managers/> </jboss> </file> causes the contents of ejb-jar/enterprise-beans and ejb-jar/resource-managers from one ejb jar to be appended to the next > -c) what about 'overriding' tags ? Well I did do this with the attribute merge="false". <jbosscmp-jdbc> <defaults merge="false"> <datasource>java:/portalDS</datasource> <datasource-mapping>PostgreSQL 7.2</datasource-mapping> <create-table>false</create-table> <remove-table>false</remove-table> </defaults> Basically, this tells the program not to merge the contents but to use those explicity listed, so any defaults will be ignored from the DDs to be merged. > 2) what 'license agreement' is there on your plugin ? The whole project is GPL. Does this do what you want it to? Cheers, Colin __________________________________________________ Colin MacLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] ivata.org - open source enterprise groupware On 24 March, at 2:54 PM, you wrote: Hi Colin, I haven't test it yet (had some meeting first), sorry. But i did take a look at the openportal/ejb/src/xml/XMLMerger.xml already. I like the concept, but some questions though: 1) XMLMerger.xml -a) tag <enterprise-beans>: in my original Dep. Descripter there's an entity bean with no resource refs (refs to Datasources e.g.). Is it possible to put the <resource-ref> tags somewhere in de XMLMerger.xml so that they get merged with the earlier <entity>-info. Here's an example: ====================================================== Original ejb-jar.xml (extraction): ... <entity > <display-name>AuthenticationMethodEJB</display-name> <ejb-name>sfc/AuthenticationMethodEb</ejb-name> <local-home>be.schaubroeck.prj.sfc.ejb.aa.authentication.AuthenticationM ethodEbLocalHome</local-home> <local>be.schaubroeck.prj.sfc.ejb.aa.authentication.AuthenticationMethod EbLocal</local> <ejb-class>be.schaubroeck.prj.sfc.ejb.aa.authentication.AuthenticationMe thodEbBMP</ejb-class> <persistence-type>Bean</persistence-type> <prim-key-class>be.schaubroeck.prj.sfc.ejb.aa.authentication.Authenticat ionMethodEbPK</prim-key-class> <reentrant>False</reentrant> </entity> ... ======================================================= XMLMerger.xml (somewhere in this file. There things i like to merge for that particular entity bean or for all entity beans ...) <XMLMerger> <file name="ejb-jar.xml"> <ejb-jar> <enterprise-beans> <entity> <ejb-name>sfc/AuthenticationMethodEb</ejb-name> <!-- ################################################# --> <!-- Things to merge ... --> <resource-ref > <res-ref-name>jdbc/mySQL</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> </resource-ref> <!-- ################################################# --> </entity> </file> </ejb-jar> ========================================================= RESULT: ... <entity > <display-name>AuthenticationMethodEJB</display-name> <ejb-name>sfc/AuthenticationMethodEb</ejb-name> <local-home>be.schaubroeck.prj.sfc.ejb.aa.authentication.AuthenticationM ethodEbLocalHome</local-home> <local>be.schaubroeck.prj.sfc.ejb.aa.authentication.AuthenticationMethod EbLocal</local> <ejb-class>be.schaubroeck.prj.sfc.ejb.aa.authentication.AuthenticationMe thodEbBMP</ejb-class> <persistence-type>Bean</persistence-type> <prim-key-class>be.schaubroeck.prj.sfc.ejb.aa.authentication.Authenticat ionMethodEbPK</prim-key-class> <reentrant>False</reentrant> <!-- ################################################# --> <resource-ref > <res-ref-name>jdbc/mySQL</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> </resource-ref> <!-- ################################################# --> </entity> ... ========================================================= -b) Same question for the jboss.xml. -c) what about 'overriding' tags ? 2) what 'license agreement' is there on your plugin ? thanks again ! -wil- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
