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Re: CMP changes for java2db processing

From: jielin <Jie.Leng_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:52:00 -0700

Hi, Marina,

Your changes are good.

Thanks.

Jielin

Marina Vatkina wrote:

> Hi Jielin,
>
> Please review the changes to the java2db processing required by issue
> https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1038.
>
> The problem: files left sometimes locked by a "normal" redeploy
> processing
> on Windows. Ludo found out that Windows allow to override those files
> even
> though they do not allow to remove them (usually those are 3rd party
> lib jars
> and redeploy doesn't actually cause any changes to them).
>
> The solution: split redeploy event processing for java2db into PRE_DEPLOY
> and POST_DEPLOY, where tables are dropped in PRE_DEPLOY and created in
> POST_DEPLOY. No changes to the event processing in the 1st deploy or
> undeploy
> are expected.
>
> Note, that PRE_DEPLOY event can be only fired on redeploy.
>
> Also note, that for quite some time already our app server completely
> wipes
> out previously deployed application in case of a failed redeploy, so
> it seems
> logical to drop the tables also (what's good to have tables for an
> undeployed
> application?).
>
> And one more note - the corresponding code has changed its location
> and had
> been split into a base class and 2 subclasses since you've last
> touched it to
> add JPA processing.
>
> These changes actually simplify our processing logic a bit as there is no
> need to calculate drop vs. create step. It can be simplified even
> further,
> but that would require to have too many 'if (create)' blocks.
>
> I've tested so far with RosterAppJ2DB (ear and jar), and persistence
> example.
> I'll test deploydir tomorrow as it was broken until today's fix by Jane.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> thanks,
> -marina