Hi Stephan,
> Here's why I tried out GlassFish.
>
> I'd like to create an easily deployable Java application that would combine
>
> * 2 or 3 web applications (2 ROR and the web start servlet)
> * jruby
> * Embedded Mozilla XUL rendering in Swing, see:
> http://confluence.concord.org/display/MZSW/Home)
> * embedded Java DB (Derby, HSQLDB)
> * a whole bunch of heterogeneous java components that can be easily assembled into composite applications/activities, see:
> https://confluence.concord.org/display/CSP/OTrunk
>
> I'm pretty close to getting this working as an application. Then I'd like to be able to deploy this via web start.
>
> I am able to deploy jruby gems like hpricot that have embedded java jars via web start (on jruby trunk).
>
> Right now I am not able to deploy parts of rails/mongrel via web start because not all of the File I/O operations that ruby programs do when loading and running each other work when the code is still embedded in a jar file.
>
> This could be fixed in JRuby or I could use the approach that jrubygems takes and expand the jars with ruby code to the file system.
>
> Perhaps deploying with GlassFish as the web container system would work better.
>
We definitely hope so. Please let us know on your experience, we would
like to hear more from you as you progress.
-vivek.