Re: [jbossws-dev] AS7: Re-thinking WS container integration

>> I'm just saying that we can see this similarly, we need to think >> about the deployment process in terms of a) something strictly >> related to setting up the container for the ws deployment, b) >> actually creating the endpoint and connecting it to the container. >> Theoretically speaking (b) is pretty much what is going to the >> service. This said, for sure we need to deal with the details, but >> that comes after agreeing on a vision. > My vision is to support both AS 6 (CR1 or GA) & AS 7 in JBossWS 4.0.x > series. > This is very important to track integration regressions we might > introduce during the AS 7 integration process. > And we need to come to an agreement what we'll target with JBossWS 4 > series ASAP ;) This is one of the key points to discuss. To be honest, I'm wondering if the pain of supporting both AS 6 and 7 is balanced by any real benefit here. Do you think we can really proceed in steps such that each of them allows to still pass the testsuites (considering the major changes to spi, the completely different AS structures, classloading, ...)? I can see major efforts being required for retro-fitting things to AS 6, for supporting completely different installation steps, etc. This might even be possible, we need to evaluate pros and cons.