[weld-dev] CDI Implementors Panel BOF at JavaOne 2010?

[Reza Rahman]

Dan/David,

I hate to bug you guys, but have you had a chance to put any more 
thought into this? If everything is kosher, I'll go ahead and submit 
(I'll need your email addresses on the JavaOne submission site; I would 
also advise a bio update that only you guys can do on your end).

Cheers,
Reza


Reza Rahman wrote:
> Dan/David/Folks,
>
> I made some minor changes to the proposal based on feedback from Emil 
> Ong, Caucho Chief Evangelist:
>
> ============================================================================================================== 
>
> Title: CDI Implementations Frontier: Goals, Milestones and Perspectives
> Type: Birds-of-a-Feather
>
> Abstract:
> The Context and Dependency Injection for Java EE (CDI) API is a key 
> part of Java EE 6. It provides robust context management, 
> conversations, type-safe next-generation generic dependency injection, 
> stereotypes, interceptors, decorators, events and a comprehensive SPI 
> intended for portable extensions. CDI already has a lot of industry 
> traction with three independent open source implementations – Resin’s 
> CanDI, Apache’s OpenWebBeans and JBoss’ Weld/Seam 3.
>
> This session is your opportunity to get the perspectives of the folks 
> working on these implementations. We will talk about each project's 
> goals, approach, features, status, milestones, road map, modular 
> portable extensions and perspectives on the future directions for CDI. 
> Please do feel free to bring your questions, concerns and ideas!
>
> Summary:
> As a key part of Java EE 6, CDI already has three early open source 
> implementations. This includes the JBoss reference implementation Weld 
> (as well as the Seam 3 CDI modules), Caucho's CanDI included in the 
> Resin application server as well as Apache's OpenWebBeans. This 
> informal session is a chance for attendees to get an overview of these 
> projects and interact closely with the folks working on them.
>
> The session will loosely follow the outline below:
>
> * An overview of CDI
> * Overview and details of each CDI project including:
>   - Goals, implementation approach, features beyond the CDI 
> specification, current status, milestones achieved, road-map and 
> community
>   - Closely related projects such as JBoss Seam 3, JBoss Arquillian, 
> Embedded JBoss, Apache OpenEJB and Resin
>   - CDI portable extensions being developed with each implementation 
> such as support for XML configuration, localization, 
> internationalization, security, Spring, GWT, Quartz, Struts 2, Wicket, 
> iBATIS, JUnit, Drools and Apache projects.
> * Views on future directions for CDI.
> * Open-ended Q & A with attendees.
>
> This session is intended for Java server side developers, architects 
> and managers. A moderate understanding of dependency injection and 
> Java EE is assumed.
> ============================================================================================================== 
>
>
> Please do let me know your feedback when you can.
>
> Thanks,
> Reza
>
>
> Dan Allen wrote:
>> Reza,
>>
>> I think you have proposed a really nice idea. It would be excellent 
>> to get the folks who have translated the specification into working 
>> software both to:
>>
>> - get their perspective on the technology
>> - provide insight about how best leverage it
>> - where the implementation took initiative and went beyond the spec
>> - etc.
>>
>> Plus, it presents a unified front of supporters of the specification 
>> and its value to the platform.
>>
>> If you are willing to prepare an abstract, then go ahead and post it 
>> to this thread and we'll provide some feedback/revisions.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Reza Rahman <reza_rahman at lycos.com 
>> <mailto:reza_rahman at lycos.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Gentlefolk,
>>
>>     I am trying to organize and submit a CDI implementor panel BOF for
>>     JavaOne 2010. I approached David Blevins (whom I've co-presented
>>     with in
>>     the past and is a good friend) and did get commitment from him to
>>     participate on behalf of Apache/OpenWebBeans. I certainly would be
>>     happy
>>     to represent Resin/CanDI in the panel. I was wondering if there
>>     would be
>>     interest from the Weld/Seam 3 team to co-submit for the
>>     BOF/participate
>>     in a panel discussing our respective projects with the JavaOne
>>     community. I believe it would demonstrate the kind of
>>     cohesion/collaboration that often seems to lack between competing 
>> Java
>>     EE product vendors.
>>
>>     Personally, I don't care too much who does the actual submission
>>     for the
>>     panel/does the write-up/organizing. If it makes the most sense for
>>     someone from the Weld/Seam team to do it, I am happy to defer the 
>> leg
>>     work...
>>
>>     Thanks in advance for your help,
>>     Reza Rahman
>>     =============================
>>     Resin EJB 3.1 Lite Container Developer
>>     Expert Group Member, Java EE 6 and EJB 3.1
>>     Author, EJB 3 in Action
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>>
>> -- 
>> Dan Allen
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