[weld-dev] CDI Implementors Panel BOF at JavaOne 2010?

[Reza Rahman]

Dan/David,

I really need your help on this, the deadline is fast approaching. If 
the content is OK, what email addresses can I use for the co-submission?

Thanks in advance,
Reza


Reza Rahman wrote:
> Dan/David,
>
> I hate to bug you guys, but have you had a chance to put any more 
> thought into this? If everything is kosher, I'll go ahead and submit 
> (I'll need your email addresses on the JavaOne submission site; I 
> would also advise a bio update that only you guys can do on your end).
>
> Cheers,
> Reza
>
>
> Reza Rahman wrote:
>> Dan/David/Folks,
>>
>> I made some minor changes to the proposal based on feedback from Emil 
>> Ong, Caucho Chief Evangelist:
>>
>> ============================================================================================================== 
>>
>> Title: CDI Implementations Frontier: Goals, Milestones and Perspectives
>> Type: Birds-of-a-Feather
>>
>> Abstract:
>> The Context and Dependency Injection for Java EE (CDI) API is a key 
>> part of Java EE 6. It provides robust context management, 
>> conversations, type-safe next-generation generic dependency 
>> injection, stereotypes, interceptors, decorators, events and a 
>> comprehensive SPI intended for portable extensions. CDI already has a 
>> lot of industry traction with three independent open source 
>> implementations – Resin’s CanDI, Apache’s OpenWebBeans and JBoss’ 
>> Weld/Seam 3.
>>
>> This session is your opportunity to get the perspectives of the folks 
>> working on these implementations. We will talk about each project's 
>> goals, approach, features, status, milestones, road map, modular 
>> portable extensions and perspectives on the future directions for 
>> CDI. Please do feel free to bring your questions, concerns and ideas!
>>
>> Summary:
>> As a key part of Java EE 6, CDI already has three early open source 
>> implementations. This includes the JBoss reference implementation 
>> Weld (as well as the Seam 3 CDI modules), Caucho's CanDI included in 
>> the Resin application server as well as Apache's OpenWebBeans. This 
>> informal session is a chance for attendees to get an overview of 
>> these projects and interact closely with the folks working on them.
>>
>> The session will loosely follow the outline below:
>>
>> * An overview of CDI
>> * Overview and details of each CDI project including:
>>   - Goals, implementation approach, features beyond the CDI 
>> specification, current status, milestones achieved, road-map and 
>> community
>>   - Closely related projects such as JBoss Seam 3, JBoss Arquillian, 
>> Embedded JBoss, Apache OpenEJB and Resin
>>   - CDI portable extensions being developed with each implementation 
>> such as support for XML configuration, localization, 
>> internationalization, security, Spring, GWT, Quartz, Struts 2, 
>> Wicket, iBATIS, JUnit, Drools and Apache projects.
>> * Views on future directions for CDI.
>> * Open-ended Q & A with attendees.
>>
>> This session is intended for Java server side developers, architects 
>> and managers. A moderate understanding of dependency injection and 
>> Java EE is assumed.
>> ============================================================================================================== 
>>
>>
>> Please do let me know your feedback when you can.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Reza
>>
>>
>> Dan Allen wrote:
>>> Reza,
>>>
>>> I think you have proposed a really nice idea. It would be excellent 
>>> to get the folks who have translated the specification into working 
>>> software both to:
>>>
>>> - get their perspective on the technology
>>> - provide insight about how best leverage it
>>> - where the implementation took initiative and went beyond the spec
>>> - etc.
>>>
>>> Plus, it presents a unified front of supporters of the specification 
>>> and its value to the platform.
>>>
>>> If you are willing to prepare an abstract, then go ahead and post it 
>>> to this thread and we'll provide some feedback/revisions.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -Dan
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Reza Rahman <reza_rahman at lycos.com 
>>> <mailto:reza_rahman at lycos.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Gentlefolk,
>>>
>>>     I am trying to organize and submit a CDI implementor panel BOF for
>>>     JavaOne 2010. I approached David Blevins (whom I've co-presented
>>>     with in
>>>     the past and is a good friend) and did get commitment from him to
>>>     participate on behalf of Apache/OpenWebBeans. I certainly would be
>>>     happy
>>>     to represent Resin/CanDI in the panel. I was wondering if there
>>>     would be
>>>     interest from the Weld/Seam 3 team to co-submit for the
>>>     BOF/participate
>>>     in a panel discussing our respective projects with the JavaOne
>>>     community. I believe it would demonstrate the kind of
>>>     cohesion/collaboration that often seems to lack between 
>>> competing Java
>>>     EE product vendors.
>>>
>>>     Personally, I don't care too much who does the actual submission
>>>     for the
>>>     panel/does the write-up/organizing. If it makes the most sense for
>>>     someone from the Weld/Seam team to do it, I am happy to defer 
>>> the leg
>>>     work...
>>>
>>>     Thanks in advance for your help,
>>>     Reza Rahman
>>>     =============================
>>>     Resin EJB 3.1 Lite Container Developer
>>>     Expert Group Member, Java EE 6 and EJB 3.1
>>>     Author, EJB 3 in Action
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Dan Allen
>>> Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
>>> Registered Linux User #231597
>>>
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