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Re: GlassFish V3 planning - What do *you* want in GlassFish V3?

From: <Jan.Luehe_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:21:08 -0700

Ryan,

Ryan de Laplante wrote:

> A couple ideas off the top of my head:
>
> - Provide a way (if there isn't already one) to deploy exploded
> archives, and to develop right out of that folder. Maybe even a
> pointer to some other folder (/home/ryan/dev/project1/web/) so we
> don't have to rebuild, deploy, and recreate the session when tweaking
> screens etc. I waste a lot of time doing this, and our PHP guys think
> it's funny. I hear about Tomcat users making a change to a JSP,
> pressing save then refresh.

This already works in GlassFish. Just use asadmin's "deploydir" option,
and specify the location
of your folder. In it, you can modify your JSPs, save, and refresh.


Jan

>
> - Make a way for GlassFish to be used in a shared hosting environment
> where every hosting customer has their own admin console, virtual
> servers, or whatever. Let each customer deploy, redeploy, undeploy,
> manage JDBC, etc. I know there are issues with shared JVMs... find
> an innovative solution. Take over the shared Tomcat hosting market.
>
> - Add support for different custom roles in the admin GUI. I want to
> be able to give our support staff access to manage JCA connection
> pools, read logs, and a few other basic things but nothing else.
>
> - Somewhere I read that you can't use wildcards in virutal host names?
> For example: *.mycompany.com is served by webapp1. This probably
> prevents certain apps from being used on GlassFish, like JIRA? Not
> sure, haven't tried.
>
>
>
> Ryan
>
>
> John Clingan wrote:
>
>> If you have ideas of features or enhancements that you want in
>> GlassFish V3, read on!
>>
>> GlassFish V1 was all about developer productivity and Java EE 5.
>> GlassFish V2 adds enterprise features such as clustering and
>> centralized administration. Now that GlassFish V2 has been released,
>> it is time to begin planning for GlassFish V3. Before doing so, there
>> needs to be a clear direction of where we are headed. We have
>> outlined the high level themes for GlassFish V3 here (feel free to
>> provide feedback on the themes):
>> http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=GlassFishV3Themes
>>
>> We would like to drill down a step further and begin to define
>> GlassFish V3 with community involvement. That means you! Is there a
>> feature or enhancement that you would like to see in GlassFish V3?
>> Perhaps to make it easier to use or more relevant for your work
>> environment?
>> Please feel free to participate! I'd like to begin the discussion on
>> this alias. Feel free to contact me directly as well at John dot
>> Clingan at Sun dot COM. Depending on the level of interest, we can
>> also set up a conference call and discuss in real time.
>>
>> Here are some sample questions that may stimulate some ideas:
>>
>> - A feature that would make software development significantly easier
>> - A feature that differentiates GlassFish V3 from other application
>> servers
>> - A feature that is available with application server X, and would
>> really benefit users if it were also in GlassFish V3
>> - GlassFish would be easier to use if ...
>> - If GlassFish had this feature I could deploy it to a broader
>> production environment
>>
>> Thanks!
>> John Clingan
>> GlassFish / Sun Application Server Group Product Manger
>>
>> John dot Clingan at Sun dot COM
>>
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