Re: [wildfly-dev] Fwd: dzone rant on resteasy/modules

I think the problem is that RestEasy has N extensions (plugins) per 1 subsystem. So the generic subsystem exclude doesn’t really match. On Feb 7, 2014, at 4:28 PM, David M. Lloyd <david.lloyd(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Right now JBoss Modules acts purely on paths, so when you import > something you specify what paths to filter out. This is why I say using > aggregate modules is a bad idea. It makes more sense to have a > user-friendly name for conceptual imports. For example either I want > resteasy (in which case I want all the imports that I need, even if I > don't know I need them (and I won't if I'm a normal user)), or I don't > (in which case I want nothing). Why not categorize imports by > subsystem and have the flag for the subsystem actually exclude the > imports as the user expects? > > On 02/07/2014 04:14 PM, Bill Burke wrote: >> I've had this conversation with Stuart before about resteasy modules. >> We didn't come to a conclusion as there's pro's and con's each way. >> BTW, You can't exclude exports, which is the very same problem we're >> seeing with ee spec module. >> >> IMO, the problem is with JBoss Modules. If you add an exclude for a >> module, you should expect that module to be excluded. Even if that >> module is exported by an implicit dependency. >> >> On 2/7/2014 4:58 PM, Tomaž Cerar wrote: >>> On semi related note, why does app need direct dependancy to all 10+ >>> rest easy modules? >>> couldn't that be done by simply having one/two dependancies that than >>> have all the other deps exported? >>> >>> that way it would be much easier to override whole rest easy version. >>> >>> but ee spec issue still remains... >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Bill Burke <bburke(a)redhat.com >>> <mailto:bburke@redhat.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Chris sent me this rant on overriding built in Resteasy. I replied how >>> to fix it on his blog. The biggest problem is javaee.api which sucks in >>> every EE API. Is there a reason you don't trust the subsystems to suck >>> in the EE APIs they need? >>> >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: dzone rant on resteasy/modules >>> Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 13:49:02 -0500 >>> From: Chris Bredesen <cbredesen(a)redhat.com >>> <mailto:cbredesen@redhat.com>> >>> To: Bill Burke <bburke(a)redhat.com <mailto:bburke@redhat.com>> >>> >>> Just saw this by accident, have fun! >>> >>> http://java.dzone.com/articles/jboss-modules-suck-it%E2%80%99s >>> >>> -CB >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Bredesen >>> Supervisor, Software Engineering >>> Red Hat Global Support Services >>> >>> -- >>> Bill Burke >>> JBoss, a division of Red Hat >>> http://bill.burkecentral.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> wildfly-dev mailing list >>> wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:wildfly-dev@lists.jboss.org> >>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/wildfly-dev >>> >>> >> > > > -- > - DML > _______________________________________________ > wildfly-dev mailing list > wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/wildfly-dev -- Jason T. Greene WildFly Lead / JBoss EAP Platform Architect JBoss, a division of Red Hat _______________________________________________ wildfly-dev mailing list wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/wildfly-dev