[jbossts-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBTM-2081) Why do we mandate the property file?

[Tom Jenkinson (JIRA)]

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Tom Jenkinson commented on JBTM-2081:
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Hi Mark,

The issue is that jts is not a strict superset of jta. To be able to provide a single binary containing both JTS and JTA, you therefore need a properties file. Otherwise you have to decide the java hardcoded defaults at compile time, which means using code templates in the jta module compile.

We could look at only requiring the properties file once you get to JTA or greater level of the framework?

What do you think?
Tom


                
> Why do we mandate the property file?
> ------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBTM-2081
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBTM-2081
>             Project: JBoss Transaction Manager
>          Issue Type: Task
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Transaction Core
>    Affects Versions: 5.0.0.Final
>            Reporter: Mark Little
>            Assignee: Tom Jenkinson
>
> I noticed this originally when doing the Android port, but now again when doing vert.x: at some point over the years we appear to have moved to a model where the properties file must be present (e.g., in class path or CWD) or we exit. I'm not sure why we do this given that every property has a default value anyway.
> For example:
> java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
> 	at com.arjuna.common.util.propertyservice.PropertiesFactory.getPropertiesFromFile(PropertiesFactory.java:93)
> 	at com.arjuna.common.util.propertyservice.PropertiesFactory.initDefaultProperties(PropertiesFactory.java:236)
> 	at com.arjuna.common.util.propertyservice.PropertiesFactory.getDefaultProperties(PropertiesFactory.java:66)
> 	at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.propertyservice.BeanPopulator.getNamedInstance(BeanPopulator.java:77)
> 	at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.propertyservice.BeanPopulator.getDefaultInstance(BeanPopulator.java:49)
> 	at com.arjuna.ats.txoj.common.txojPropertyManager.getTxojEnvironmentBean(txojPropertyManager.java:48)

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