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

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(a)lycos.com > <mailto:reza_rahman@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 > _______________________________________________ > weld-dev mailing list > weld-dev(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:weld-dev@lists.jboss.org> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/weld-dev > > > > > -- > Dan Allen > Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action > Registered Linux User #231597 > > http://mojavelinux.com > http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction > http://www.google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen