[jboss-as7-dev] "JBoss-Product-Console-Slot"

[Brian Stansberry]

The default domain-http-error-context content[1] is very tailored to 
community AS 7.

[1] 
https://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as/tree/master/domain-http/error-context/src/main/resources

On 9/14/12 3:37 AM, Heiko Braun wrote:
>
> Thanks for the explanation.
>
> Why does the domain-http-error-context rely on the ProductConfig as well? It seems you are required to change both the console and domain-http-error-context modules when you update the product config.
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Brian Stansberry <brian.stansberry at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> It's meant to control what module slot is used for loading the console
>> module. Different products would have different console modules stored
>> in differently named slot. Default is "main". To change the slot the AS
>> uses:
>>
>> 1) A properties file $JBOSS_HOME/bin/product.conf is included in the
>> product.
>>
>> 2) On boot, this properties file is loaded and an attempt is made to
>> load a module named "org.jboss.as.product" with a module slot specified
>> in the properties file. See constructor of ProductConfig at [1].
>>
>> 3) That module includes a MANIFEST.MF that provides the name of the
>> module slot from which manifest attributes are read, including
>> JBoss-Product-Console-Slot.
>>
>> 4) The ProductConfig is made available to services in the AS via the
>> ServerEnvironment service. The http management services use it to
>> provide the slot to the ResourceHandler for the console [2], which does
>> the actual loading of the module.
>>
>> The part in step 2) involves a fair bit of indirection just for reading
>> a few properties, but it's a more future-proof approach, since that
>> "org.jboss.as.product" module could someday involve a lot more than just
>> a few manifest attributes. It's also simpler to patch stuff that's in a
>> module.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as/blob/master/process-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/version/ProductConfig.java
>>
>> [2]
>> https://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as/blob/master/domain-http/interface/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/domain/http/server/ConsoleMode.java#L111
>>
>> On 9/13/12 5:16 AM, Heiko Braun wrote:
>>> Can someone explain how the "JBoss-Product-Console-Slot" is going to be used?
>>>
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