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"JBoss Central - How Does It Work?"

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*Central consists of three levels of metadata:*

* directory.xml file listing 1 or more discovery plugins (eg., 1 for the Core features, 1 for the Integration Stack (formerly SOA Tooling) features)

* discovery plugin(s), which define groups of features ("Connectors") to be installed. This amounts to little more than a plugin.xml and some icons.

* update site(s) referenced by the discovery plugin(s), which host the features to be installed. Sites can be 3rd party vendors' sites, or can be mirrored on download.jboss.org / devstudio.jboss.com for better guarantee of performance / version. Each connector can only define a SINGLE URL for that group of features, however. But that single URL can be a composite site, which in turn points to more than 1 site.


*There are two simple rules to follow when writing your d**iscovery plugin.xml:*
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* connectorIDs must be stable - should not change between releases


* Where license terms permit, 3rd party content should be mirrored first onto download.jboss.org and/or devstudio.jboss.com, so that the site content can be more easily controlled / guaranteed

*How about some working examples?*

JBoss Tools 3.3:
*  http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/indigo/jbosstools-directory.xml http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/indigo/jbosstools-directory.xml (Source:  https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-download.jboss.org/blob/master/jbosstools/updates/stable/indigo/jbosstools-directory.xml https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-download.jboss.org/blob/master/jbosstools/updates/stable/indigo/jbosstools-directory.xml )* Contains both Core and SOA - point at the following jars:* org.jboss.tools.central.discovery_1.0.1.v20130112-0624-H128-Final.jar
* org.jboss.tools.central.discovery.soa-tooling_1.0.0.v20121025-2148-H3-GA.jar
* Each jar contains a plugin.xml file:* Source:  https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-central/blob/master/central/plugins/org.jboss.tools.central.discovery/plugin.xml https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-central/blob/master/central/plugins/org.jboss.tools.central.discovery/plugin.xml
* Source: https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-build-sites/blob/master/aggregate/soa-site/plugins/org.jboss.tools.central.discovery.soa-tooling/plugin.xml https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-build-sites/blob/master/aggregate/soa-site/plugins/org.jboss.tools.central.discovery.soa-tooling/plugin.xml





JBoss Developer Studio 5.0:
*  https://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/5.0/devstudio-directory.xml https://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/5.0/devstudio-directory.xml (Source:  http://svn.jboss.org/repos/devstudio/trunk/devstudio.jboss.com/updates/5.0/devstudio-directory.xml http://svn.jboss.org/repos/devstudio/trunk/devstudio.jboss.com/updates/5.0/devstudio-directory.xml )* Contains both Core and SOA - point at the following jars:* com.jboss.jbds.central.discovery_1.0.1.v20130119-0035-H249-GA.jar
* com.jboss.jbds.central.discovery.soa-tooling_1.0.2.v20121213-1115-H6-GA.jar
* Each jar contains a plugin.xml file:* Source: https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-central/blob/master/central/plugins/org.jboss.tools.central.discovery/plugin.xml http://svn.jboss.org/repos/devstudio/trunk/product/plugins/com.jboss.jbds.central.discovery/plugin.xml
* Source:  https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-build-sites/blob/master/aggregate/soa-site/plugins/org.jboss.tools.central.discovery.soa-tooling/plugin.xml http://svn.jboss.org/repos/devstudio/trunk/product-soa/plugins/com.jboss.jbds.central.discovery.soa-tooling/plugin.xml
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