Use a custom XML type for service binding configuration ------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBAS-6829 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-6829 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Feature Request Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Reporter: Brian Stansberry Assignee: Brian Stansberry "... it might be a Nice Thing to have a custom XML type for service binding configuration, so rather than saying: <!-- Remote classloading service --> <bean class="org.jboss.services.binding.ServiceBindingMetadata"> <property name="serviceName">jboss:service=WebService</property> <property name="port">8083</property> </bean> You could say: <declare-service-binding xmlns="urn:jboss:binding-manager:1.0"> <service name="jboss:service=WebService"/> <bind address="${jboss.bind.address}" port="8083"/> </declare-service-binding> or whatever. And instead of injecting the value with bean tags like this: <value> <value-factory bean="ServiceBindingManager" method="getStringBinding"> <parameter>UnifiedInvokerConnector</parameter> <parameter>${host}</parameter> </value-factory> </value> you could have e.g. <string-binding-value xmlns="urn:jboss:binding-manager:1.0" service-name="UnifiedInvokerConnector" input="${host}"/> Then if (and when) the class name/layout of the service binding data changes (and judging from the differences between what's in Branch_5_x and http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-9038 I'd say we've already had a few such changes), then the same files will continue to work. Basically, while using xmlns="urn:jboss:bean-deployer:2.0" can be useful for users to assemble their applications and for certain internal applications, we should not be using this as a configuration file format since it exposes implementation details of the underlying services, which then makes it tough for us to change said services. - DML -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira