[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-7524) JBoss Tools Runtimes improvements

[Snjezana Peco (JIRA)]

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Snjezana Peco commented on JBIDE-7524:
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> By this I mean the buttons simply does not seem to do anything that isn't already available from the normal import/export wizards.
> I was not talking about the import/export not actually working. I assumed they work within the limits discussed elsewhere.
> I was just suggesting that since this search are not working well from within the preferences pane no reason to have import/export
> button just start the general import/export wizard when users can just use the normal import/export.

The standard Eclipse export/import wizard (File>Export/Import>Preferences) exports/imports Eclipse preferences. It doesn't export/import WTP and jBPM servers because the jBPM and WTP plugin configure their own servers in a specific way (using servers.xml and jbpm-installations.xml). 

The runtime plugin exports/imports all standard Eclipse preferences as well as WTP and jBPM servers. It does that in the following way:
When you click the Export button on the JBoss Runtimes preference page, the runtime plugin does the following:

- converts WTP and jBPM server definition files (servers.xml and jbpm-installations.xml) to string and set the specific the runtime preferences I have created in order to convert those server definitions to the Eclipse preferences ("servers" and "jbpms")
- calls the standard Eclipse export preference wizard that exports Eclipse preferences including the "servers" and "jbpms" preferences

When you click the Import button on the JBoss Runtimes preference page, the runtime plugin does the following:

- calls the standard Eclipse import preference wizard and imports Eclipse preferences including the "servers" and "jbpms" preferences
- converts the "servers" and "jbpms" preference values to the servers.xml and jbpm-installations.xml files and configures WTP and jBPM servers using WTP and jBPM API.

JBDS also creates these servers when starting the first time. That is the reason why I have added that functionality to the JBoss Runtimes preference page.

If we don't need to export/import WTP and jBPM servers (because we don't need them or because WTP and jBPM will implement them), we can remove the Export/Import button from the JBoss Runtimes preference page. 

> The search does stop, but it is not a very instant stop - it takes a few seconds,
> and sometimes many seconds. 

Cancel is called for every directory. If a directory has a lot of children (especially of the directory type), Cancel can be slow. Will try to call the Cancel action more frequently.

>> Do you think we need to show AS/Seam/Drools/jBPM runtimes when the engine recognizes EAP/SOA-P ?

> Wouldn't that be the most consistent ?

I will add them if you want.




> JBoss Tools Runtimes improvements
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>                 Key: JBIDE-7524
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7524
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: JBossAS
>    Affects Versions: 3.2.0.Beta1
>            Reporter: Max Andersen
>            Assignee: Snjezana Peco
>             Fix For: 3.2.0.Beta2
>
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> After the discussion on mailing list we need to fix the current jboss tools runtime page/functionallity.
> I've found the following issues in my current testing:
> 1) The list of links to "JBoss Runtimes" is bad ui - fills up the screen with alot of whitespace (and its Runtimes not runtime)
> 2) The import/export buttons does not seem to do anything beyound calling import/export dialog.
> 3) Search has a cancel button but it doesn't do anything
> 4) Seam webapps seem to be picked up as seam runtimes - is that intended ?
> 5) Seam inside EAP is not detected
> 6) Drools inside SOA-P is not detected
> 7) The import/export of WTP servers seem to be a very bad hack...we probably have to live with it but at least we should try and make our import/export simply wrap the relevant runtimes
> Furthermore these settings seem to not persist between workspaces and does not handle the original usecase of having runtimes configured when starting up a new workspace (requiring users to import/export is not the solution)
> I'm creating a few subtasks for this to outline the ideas.

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