[jbosstools-dev] Re: Need to fix a blocker issue: ESB project wizard can not work with WTP 3.03

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

Denny - could you please list the error/exception that happens when not  
changing the method ?

"does not work" is not really enough for WTP team to understand the effect  
of this change.

/max

> Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>> Hi Denny,
>>
>> Ok - so this looks like I feared.
>>
>> IMO It is ok for WTP to *add* methods for better behavior but it is
>> not ok to change an existing public api/methods behavior.
>>
>> At least not with a really really good reason - so we need to find what
>> their reason was if any.
>>
>> Let me know when you have created the bug so we can make WTP-dev aware  
>> of it.
> The bug is reported:   
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=257470
>
> Denny
>>
>> /max
>>
>>> John Graham wrote:
>>>> A couple of questions:
>>>>
>>>> * Will fixing this for 3.0.3 mean that the wizard will no longer work  
>>>> in
>>>> earlier versions? If so, then we need to carefully document this,  
>>>> since
>>>> users will not expect this large difference between 3.0.1/2 --> 3.0.3
>>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it will not work in earlier versions :-( .
>>>> * Are we using the same functionality in other JBT wizards? If so, are
>>>> they broken or have they avoided the issue somehow (if avoided, this
>>>> might suggest a backward compatible work-around?)
>>>>
>>> Other JBT project may not have the same issue because those project  
>>> are based on Dynamic Web Project,
>>>  so the sort of creating a Virtualcomponent work is done by Dynamic  
>>> Web project,  WTP changes all their
>>>  creating Virtualcomponent way by using the new method in WTP 3.03  
>>> when creating a new Web project or J2ee project.
>>>
>>> The issue is:  in early WTP versions,  it should use the following way  
>>> to create the VirtualComponent:
>>> final IVirtualComponent c = ComponentCore.createComponent(project);
>>>
>>> and in WTP 3.03, we have to do it by:  final IVirtualComponent c =  
>>> ComponentCore.createComponent(project, false);
>>> the *false* parameter is a flag that whether to check a configure file  
>>> exist or not, in our scenario , it should not check.
>>> and the *ComponentCore.createComponent(project, false) * method is not  
>>> exist in early versions.
>>> for now, the ComponentCore.createComponent(project) works as   
>>> ComponentCore.createComponent(project, true),
>>> if it can be changed to work as ComponentCore.createComponent(project,  
>>> false), it will works and it's reasonable ,
>>> I will raise a bug to wtp, if they can change their implementation,  
>>> that would be good, if they wouldn't change, we have to try
>>> to check if the componentCore has the method using refect way.
>>>
>>> Denny
>>>
>>>
>>>> -- John
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 21:53 +0800, Denny Xu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this on *public* API ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If yes, we need to raise that to bugs.eclipse.org
>>>>>>
>>>>> yes, it's public API,  the changes break a already exist API, it  
>>>>> should be a bug, I will report it to WTP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Denny
>>>>>
>>>>>> /max
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, WTP 3.0.3 is the target so needs fixing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What is causing the failure ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems that WTP 3.03 has changed the implementation of  
>>>>>>> ModuleCore when creating a VirtualComponent for a project, it  
>>>>>>> overloads the "createComponent"  method in ComponentManager class  
>>>>>>> and  we have to invoke the new overloaded method  to create   
>>>>>>> VirtualComponent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Denny
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /max
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When change the WTP to 3.03, the ESB project wizard doesn't work  
>>>>>>>>> at all,  should I commit the changes to trunk .
>>>>>>>>> here is the JIRA: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-3333
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Denny
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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/max