[jbosstools-dev] Export/Import Runtime/Servers?

[Galder Zamarreno]

Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>> Let's say you have a runtime called "jboss-4.2". By default, such
>> runtime has a classpath associated which includes all jars in that runtime.
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> If this was configurable and you could assigned a user library defined
>> by me, that would be ideal.
> 
> Well...kinda, but the problem with user libraries is that they are workspace dependendent and not
> easily sharable.

Hmmm, I'm not sure I agree here. User libraries are, at least in my 
case, based on absolute libraries. OK, they're stored in the workspace 
but you they're not based on workspace data but absolute paths. You can 
export/import them easily. That's precisely what I did to move from a 
Eclipse workspace to a JBDS workspace.

> 
>> Now, if you're able to export a runtime, which will indirectly export
>> the user library I linked to it, then you have user libraries and
>> runtimes exported into a single file. Saving quite a few clicks when
>> moving from workspace to another.
> 
> well we could save a set of libraries together with the runtime, that optionally
> could point to user libraries.
> 
>> Out of runtime, you can create many servers, so if when you exported
>> runtimes, you exported any servers for it, triple bonus.
> 
> servers are machine specific (e.g. paths to server), but yes this could be done more generically.
> 
>> Bottom line, the feature I propose is:
>> Exporting/Importing runtimes that indirectly e/i associated user
>> libraries (if this feature was approved) and associated servers.
> 
> I actually think the servers today are saveable in the workspace.
> 
> Rob, isn't that possible today in some sense?

What do you mean exactly? If you wanna rebuild your workspace, you need 
to enter the runtimes and servers again, or can you copy them somehow 
from the old workspace? Is that what you're trying to say?

> 
> -max

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Galder Zamarreño
Sr. Software Maintenance Engineer
JBoss, a division of Red Hat