[jboss-as7-dev] Management Console JDK Server Example

[Jason T. Greene]

Previously I mentioned the possibility of a console so lightweight that 
it can be included inline on the DC process.

I threw together a basic example in a few minutes that demonstrates how 
a GWT->JSON application (using the GWT JSON sample) can be trivially 
served up via the JDK http server API with barely any overhead.

http://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/download/16363-1-24960/embedded-demo.jar

Source:

http://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/download/16363-3-24962/ResourceServer.java.zip

Just do java -jar embedded-demo.jar, and go to http://localhost:8000.

Our management console architecture could follow a similar approach. We 
would have both the REST/JSON Domain API and console collected in the 
same DC JVM. The console would then just be static content 
(javascript/html) that issues the proper JSON requests via HttpRequest.

It's also possible to do GWT-RPC this way, but that would essentially be 
adding an extra layer, which is likely not needed. In both cases we 
would be shifting state to client, which saves resources.

-- 
Jason T. Greene
JBoss, a division of Red Hat