[jbosstools-dev] Eclipse WTP Runtime Integration

[Rob Cernich]

Hey all,

I'm looking at improving the SwitchYard's WTP integration.  Currently, the SY facet requires a JEE facet, which, with a little shim for utlity modules, allows deployment of any project with SY capabilities.  That basically means a project with SY capabilities can be deployed to any JEE server.  I would like to narrow the list of servers to those which actually have the SY components installed.  (Although, theoretically, since a SY project is a JEE artifact, it could be deployed to any JEE server, so long as the SY runtime is packaged with it; there's even a quickstart illustrating this.)

I've spent a day or so trying to navigate the plethora of WTP extension points and haven't been able to figure out which way to go.  I was assuming a "RuntimeComponentType" was the way to go, but haven't been able to see how anything I register would actually be picked up by an existing runtime.

Any thoughts?  Experiences to share?

Thanks in advance,
Rob