[jboss-dev-forums] [JBoss AS 7 Development] - How create a new deployer?

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"How create a new deployer?"

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Hi All,

I would like to create a new deployer for the following use case:

I would like to create a file, preferably an XML file, which contains a "bundle name" (not to confuse with OSGi bundles, though), and a list of JAR's, WAR's, or EAR's that should be deployed.
All those artifacts to be deployed should be specified by a URI, e.g. "file:/home/myname/deployments/my-new-app-1.0.0.jar" or "mvn:org.mydomain.app/myapp/1.0.0/war".

The file should then be picked up by my new deployer and then the list of all those artifacts should be resolved (found) according to the URI.
>From the example above, the first URI should find the "my-new-app-1.0.0.jar" on the local filesystem under "/home/myname/deployments" and then deploy it to JBoss AS 7. The second example the demonstrtes the power of this new deployer: it would try to find a WAR with the filename "myapp-1.0.0.war from a Maven repository using the groupId of "org.mydomain.app" and artifactId of "myapp". My specific implementation would be configurable to look into a local ".m2" repository first and if not found, try to download it from a remote Maven repository. The URL to this repository should be configurable. This could be implemented similar to the OSGi Repository implemented as part of JBOSGI.

Here is my question:

Are there any HOWTO's, examples, or other documentation that describes how to implement a new deployer in JBoss AS7? It would even be helpful if someone could point me to some existing implementations?
I looked at the current source and tried to figure out how the deployer for the "*-ds.xml" files was implemented, but it is hard for me to see how this would be hooked into the overall JBoss deployment subsystem?

Any help or pointers would be much appreciated.
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