[weld-dev] (embedded JBoss plugin?) Re: persistence and transactions outside Java EE

[Pete Muir]

On 26 Nov 2009, at 16:05, Dan Allen wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Aslak Knutsen <aslak at conduct.no> wrote:
> As of now, EmbeddedAS needs to point to a full Jboss 6.0 installation using ie $JBOSS_HOME.
> 
> What the "Automation via Maven" wiki explains is how to add a maven dependency so you don't have to pre-install a full jboss, maven will download and unpack it for you. But you still need to bootstap Embedded AS as a part of your test suite. As long as you do that, "mvn test" should work.
> 
> Arquillian on the other hand does the whole shebang for you.. and then some.. http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-14376
> 
> Right, right. We were thinking along the same lines there. The point is, right now, the embedded AS is meant to be booted by a test in some way.
> 
> That's a great step. But what would really score with developers is if you can do:
> 
> mvn jbas:run

This is a slightly different use case from the one ALR has concentrated on to start with, and tbh is something solely in the domain of tooling (e.g. maven plugin, ant task).

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MJBOSS-39

We should fill out what the various user-facing commands (like run etc.) should look like, with either a description of their behavior, or links to similar plugins.