[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBAS-5561) Move Seam scanner code into AS

[Stan Silvert (JIRA)]

Move Seam scanner code into AS
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                 Key: JBAS-5561
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-5561
             Project: JBoss Application Server
          Issue Type: Task
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
            Reporter: Stan Silvert
         Assigned To: Ales Justin
             Fix For: JBossAS-5.1.0.CR1


We need to move the Seam scanner code that Ales wrote into AS5 so that you don't have to deploy jboss-seam-jbas5.jar in your Seam project.

Discussion thus far:

ALES: 
How are you planning on solving the classloading issue there?
e.g.
if the custom Seam/AS5 scanning code is in AS5, but still references some Seam code, which is deployed as part of Seam app 

PETE: 
Hmm, we discussed splitting out the Scanner interface into an SPI, but I'm not sure that is a great idea as it will result in a proliferation of jars and confusion.

ALES:
I'm always in favor of this.
More jars or not, having proper spi is always better then some tight integration.

But then this means that people have to either
 - put this spi + plugins into some top level CL space
 - include it with every Seam app

Which doesn't sound that bad - since all deployments should be automatic anyway (ant, maven2, ...). 

PETE:
Any other ideas? We could merge this into seam core and select the scanner as needed... 

ALES:
OK, this simplifies things.
You do this via reflection - catching the first one that works.
It's the criteria of what we need that it's the problem.
At least I remember we had some issues determining weather we're running in AS5 or Embedded.
But yeah, we can give it another shot. 


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