[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-17164) Make sure using different server types with rse is somewhat predictable

[Rob Stryker (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-17164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Rob Stryker resolved JBIDE-17164.
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    Resolution: Done


In the new server wizard, when using a remote configuration, 2 changes:
   1) The combo box will only show hosts that are of the correct system type
   2) The new host button will open the wizard restricted to only 4 approved system types. 

To verify 1), you should first create a telnet host via the Remote System Explorer view. When you are in the new server wizard, the telnet host should not be in the combo. 

To verify 2, just click the button to create a new host, and you should see only 4 types there. 
                
> Make sure using different server types with rse is somewhat predictable
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-17164
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-17164
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: server
>    Affects Versions: 4.2.0.Beta1
>            Reporter: Martin Malina
>            Assignee: Rob Stryker
>             Fix For: 4.2.0.Beta2
>
>         Attachments: system-types.png
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> I'm not sure how to approach this, but the main motivation for this JIRA is https://community.jboss.org/message/868575 .
> Most often when I user rse servers, I select "ssh" as the host type when setting up the remote host. It's simply because I know this will work.
> Currently there are plenty of types to choose from:
> !system-types.png!
> Some of them may work, others may not. I'm not sure how much control we have here, but we should try to ensure that there are reasonable warnings/errors or at least no NPEs when a user selects a type that does not really work.
> For example I tried using FTP. I set up FTP on my server and created the remote server with that. Everything seemed fine until I tried to start the server. Obviously this will not work, but we should do better than throw a NPE. I intend to try each of the types and report back in the comments.
> Feel free to push this JIRA further to a future release as necessary.

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