[jbosstools-dev] Export/Import Runtime/Servers?

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

Use the same workspace should work ;)

/max

> True but look at it this way. I have been using JBDS for a couple of
> weeks and I have 10 runtime/servers there. I'm gonna be switching to CR1
> next week and how do I bring the runtime/servers with me to CR1? Do I
> have to create them from scratch again? If so, it's a royal pain in the...
>
> Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>>> If this was configurable and you could assigned a user library defined
>>>>> by me, that would be ideal.
>>>> Well...kinda, but the problem with user libraries is that they are workspace dependendent and not
>>>> easily sharable.
>>> Hmmm, I'm not sure I agree here. User libraries are, at least in my
>>> case, based on absolute libraries.
>>
>> Yes, so they are definitly not sharable.
>>
>>> OK, they're stored in the workspace
>>> but you they're not based on workspace data but absolute paths. You can
>>> export/import them easily. That's precisely what I did to move from a
>>> Eclipse workspace to a JBDS workspace.
>>
>> absolute paths is not what I call sharable between team members. of course it is possible to "share"
>>  it on the same machine
>>
>> /max
>>
>>>>> Now, if you're able to export a runtime, which will indirectly export
>>>>> the user library I linked to it, then you have user libraries and
>>>>> runtimes exported into a single file. Saving quite a few clicks when
>>>>> moving from workspace to another.
>>>> well we could save a set of libraries together with the runtime, that optionally
>>>> could point to user libraries.
>>>>
>>>>> Out of runtime, you can create many servers, so if when you exported
>>>>> runtimes, you exported any servers for it, triple bonus.
>>>> servers are machine specific (e.g. paths to server), but yes this could be done more generically.
>>>>
>>>>> Bottom line, the feature I propose is:
>>>>> Exporting/Importing runtimes that indirectly e/i associated user
>>>>> libraries (if this feature was approved) and associated servers.
>>>> I actually think the servers today are saveable in the workspace.
>>>>
>>>> Rob, isn't that possible today in some sense?
>>> What do you mean exactly? If you wanna rebuild your workspace, you need
>>> to enter the runtimes and servers again, or can you copy them somehow
>>> from the old workspace? Is that what you're trying to say?
>>>
>>>> -max
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