[jboss-dev-forums] [JBoss AS7 Development] - XML File Deployments

[Jason Greene]

Jason Greene [http://community.jboss.org/people/jason.greene%40jboss.com] created the discussion

"XML File Deployments"

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In past discussions it seemed unlikely that we would support XML deployments. This was for the following reasons:

1. The file would have to specify module configuration inline for it to even work (there is no more flat classpath in AS7) [and be polluted with other various AS internal info]
2. Configuration is no longer a "deployable" notion. The domain config contains all admin focused configs and supports runtime updates. This includes which subsystems are available
3. Code must be associated with it to really be worth being a deployment, so why not just bundle the code with the deployment? Even some kind of templating/scripting would likely be better represented as multiple files.
4. Everything you can do with an XML file can be done with an archive containing the XML file

Is there a strong case for it that was missed?
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