[jboss-dev] JBoss Bootstrap, Embedded & Reloaded

[Stan Silvert]

Bill Burke wrote:
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> David M. Lloyd wrote:
>> Guys, modularization is one thing but it's critical that we think 
>> about the API that the end-user will actually end up using.  If it's 
>> not easy to use, nobody will use it, period.  That equals failure in 
>> my book.  I for one would rather use an API like Emmanuel suggested 
>> than all the dozens of different metadata classes and the ugly MC 
>> deployer API.
>>
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> I think following these steps would do well in figuring out hwo you 
> want the API to look:
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> * How hard is it to use within Eclipse?
> * How hard is it to use within Intellij?
> * How hard is it to use with a unit test for, EJB + JPA + JCA?
>
It needs to be easier than using Cargo.  Right now I can use Cargo to 
start/deploy/test/stop.  I do that every day from both Maven and Ant.  I 
don't need to use any API at all.

The problem is that Cargo is slow because it has to copy a new 
configuration.  Embedded should be faster.  If it's not faster and 
easier to configure than Cargo then you've lost.  Note that this might 
just mean having JBoss Embedded as a Cargo-supported container.

Stan