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Re: Asadmin command extensions?

From: Suresh Potiny <Suresh.Potiny_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:12:06 -0700

Kedar,

We need a solution for v2. We are okay modifying this strategy for v3
(we have to look at a number
of things for v3 anyway).

Suresh

Kedar Mhaswade wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> This is available in some shape and form and we need to finalize it
> before
> making it a public interface. Personally, I prefer to call it the admin
> addons. This is because what is true with commands is also true with
> admin
> console or any programmatic interface that an addon would like to
> provide.
>
> Unfortunately, we are still trying to decide what the best way forward
> is,
> because we have to look for promise of V3 in this regard. There are
> differences
> in how you would do in V2 and V3.
>
> Is your next release planned along with V3 release? If it is, then we
> will
> certainly have a way to do this. If not, we might have to do some work in
> releasing a solution that may not work with V3.
>
> Please let me know ...
>
> Regards,
> Kedar
>
> Mark S White wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am the engineering manager for the team responsible for the JBI /
>> Open ESB runtime and
>> the associated ant, asadmin, and admin console support. Our runtime
>> is integrated into the
>> GlassFish runtime, and in the past we have added new ant tasks,
>> asadmin commands, and
>> admin console screens to support our product.
>>
>> For our next release, we need to add a number of new commands to
>> asadmin. We understand
>> that some work has been done to create an extension mechanism for
>> asadmin whereby
>> commands can be added dynamically without changes to the base asadmin
>> code. We would
>> very much like to use this mechanism to add asadmin commands in
>> support of our next release.
>>
>> Could someone provide us information on whether or not this mechanism
>> exists or is planned,
>> and how we might be able to use it? This is a critical issue for
>> allowing us to implement new
>> functionality in a time frame that aligns with our product release
>> schedule.
>>
>> thanks very much,
>> Mark White
>>

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Suresh Potiny
Open ESB Community (http://open-esb.org)