[jboss-user] [JBoss Tools] Document updated/added: "Use SOA-P with JBoss Tools and Developer Studio"

[Max Andersen]

User development,

The document "Use SOA-P with JBoss Tools and Developer Studio", was updated Jan 20, 2010
by Max Andersen.

To view the document, visit:
http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-12921#cf

Document:
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If you use JBoss Tools 3 beta or JBDS 2 beta SOA-P can be used side-by-side with any existing AS or EAP.
 
For now there is no automatic configuration of SOA-P out-of-the-box, but that will come in later versions.
For now the easiest thing to do is to install SOA-P and then in JBDS find the preinstalled EAP server
in the JBoss Server View and double click it to open the server view editor.
 
http://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/102-12921-2-1040/dblclick_server.png
Once in the server editor update the two fields for Deploy Directory and Temporary Deploy direcotry; it
is sufficient to change the prefix used for the SOA-P install since the EAP directory structure resembles
SOA-P.
 
http://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/102-12921-2-1041/replacedir.png
It is also important to double click the Runtime Environment and set the SOA-P directory here too.
 
After this when you start and stop the server you will be using SOA-P instead of EAP.
 
N.B. This will be simpler and more automatic in the GA release ! 
 
h2. *Using SOA-P*
 
When you have the SOA-P server in place you can start working .esb projects very easily.
 
I've created a small http://screencast.com/t/VfW13GNPwm that shows how it works.
 
In the screencast I do the following:
 
1. New Project Example Wizard

2. Selects the Hello World ESB example

3. Waits a few seconds for the download

4. Deploys the .esb 

5. Put a breakpoint in the message handler

6. Runs the testclient

7. Sees that the breakpoint gets hit and is debugging away.

 
See the screencast http://screencast.com/t/VfW13GNPwm

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