[jbosstools-dev] Extending the AS Server View

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

> Re: DMR integration...
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> I don't think there are any problems here.  The OSGi bundle class loader will load the first class on its classpath.  Since ModelNode exists in a private library within the AS7 management plugin, that class will be loaded and the class loader will stop searching (i.e. it won't ever search its dependencies).
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> On the other side, consumers will only see the ModelNode exported by core, since the AS7 plugin doesn't export it.  A bundle with a dependency on both plugins will only ever see the ModelNode exported by core.
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> Using String in the execute interface decouples the caller from specific DMR implementations.  At this point, we're simply using DMR as a JSON factory/parser.  We don't even need to worry about type compatibility between the two DMR libraries as everything is reduced to a JSON type (i.e. object, list, string).  The only issues will be the contents of the JSON, depending on whether or not the management structure changes between releases of AS.
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> I really don't think there is any issue with this approach (other than the baggage of converting to/from JSON on each call).


Yup, which is basically same conclusion I've gotten to and thus creating a dmr bundle that clients that wishes to create json can use/depend on makes sense.

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