[jboss-dev] JBoss Bootstrap, Embedded & Reloaded

[Andrew Lee Rubinger]

Emmanuel Bernard wrote:
> But nowhere is there a discussion on what Embedded should do and should 
> look like from a user point of view.

Because Embedded as previously defined has since been split into a 
series of independent features (as mentioned in posts to this Thread). 
The pure in-JVM nature was easily enough provided by:

* Splitting jboss-bootstrap out of AS
* Making some standalone usage for it

This does not yet address Bill's hitlist:

* Embedded Distribution as a unified JAR
* Configuration Overrides
* Minimal Profiles to start or on-demand

But we need a good starting point to enable in-JVM testing for AS5, and 
a solid base upon which to build the next few features.  IMO biting too 
much off at once very quickly puts us at a dead end.

Regarding jboss-bootstrap:

As I'd mentioned, the user API leaves room for improvement, and there 
are a series of ClassLoading assumptions that we're addressing:

http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4223913#4223913

So Bootstrap continues to be the foundation, and as Carlo mentioned, a 
new "Launcher" component becomes the user view for Embedded, Reloaded, 
and AS.  From here we may support POJO Server start/stop/deploy/etc.

With some working prototypes committed over the next couple days there 
will be some more to discuss from my end.

S,
ALR

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