[jbosstools-dev] Re: BIRT and Seam facet (JBoss BIRT Integration)

> I have tried to create a project to integrate BIRT, JSF and Seam. > The JSF facet is created correctly, but BIRT and Seam have problems when > they are used with other facets. > > 1) BIRT > > The BIRT facet works correctly with J2EE 1.4, but doesn't work with Java > EE 5. > <snip/> > I have solved this issue by creating a new facet (JBoss BIRT Reporting > Runtime Component facet). > We probably need to enter a bug against BIRT. > Definitly! Good example on why Ganymede is only half-baked ...unfortunately it is more complete compared to Eclipse 3.3. Report it ASAP since things are moving very fast with Ganymede now.

> 2) Seam > > Seam doesn't use WTP API to handle web.xml, but copy web.xml created by > seam-gen. > It isn't compatble with any facet that updates web.xml (Seam's web.xml > includes the JSF servlet and mapping, but overwrites the setting added > by the dynamic web and JSF facet ) > Yes, our current Seam facets needs to be redone. They were a "hack" to circumvene that there is no place in WTP (that I know of) that allows you to create a set of projects. We should fix this in JBoss Tools 3. The seam facets should become *real* facets and only do what it needed for each individual project/module type (and uses incremental changes as much as possible instead of full overwrites) and to create the "full triage" project we should introduce a focused Seam Project Wizard that creates the projects in the proper sequence.