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Re: Grizzly Servlet Container: Update and Status

From: Jeanfrancois Arcand <Jeanfrancois.Arcand_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:29:47 -0400

Salut,

Hubert Iwaniuk wrote:
> Yo!
>
> I think only Welcome file support and Support for annotation processing
> (deployer) is blocked by GWSD refactoring.
> Though I have no idea what "Support for annotation processing
> (deployer)" is, could you elaborate?

The Servlet Spec allow some annotation to be added...we probably needs
to process them when reading web.xml.

A+

-- Jeanfrancois

>
> Cheers,
> Hubert.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Jeanfrancois Arcand
> <Jeanfrancois.Arcand_at_sun.com <mailto:Jeanfrancois.Arcand_at_sun.com>> wrote:
>
> Salut,
>
> wanted to gives an update on that project. Currently we are not
> allowed to starts new project until things go back to normal
> internally :-). We have discussed awhile ago about:
>
> * http://grizzly-servlet-container.dev.java.net
>
> It is not a big problem as we can keep the work in Grizzly like it
> always was.
>
> Currently we do have significant activities with the development of
> this component, and I would like to make sure we share the same goal
> and continue to actively develop the baby monster :-)
>
> What's missing to pass the 2.5 TCKs are:
>
> * Support for Request Dispatcher
> * http://is.gd/2LrUz
> * Support for Error Page
> * http://is.gd/2Lsmw
> * Support for Welcome File
> * http://is.gd/2Ls12
> * Support for Authentication
> * http://is.gd/2LssT
> * Support for annotation processing (deployer)
> * http://is.gd/2LsK1
> * Better Session support (quite basic right now, but works)
>
> Hubert is working on refactoring the Deployer to allow WarAdapter
> support, and Bongjae improved the Classloader implementation. We
> also need to work on a high level API that allow pluggable deployer
> (should be simple).
>
> We should try to dispatch amongst us the workload (and see if
> external users want to contribute as well). I would recommend we
> continue developing those modules on 1.9.x, and port the work on
> 2.0.0 M4 later.
>
> What peoples think? Anybody interested to contribute please ping me
> directly at jfarcand at apache dot org and I will gives you commit
> access to that module.
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> -- Jeanfrancois
>
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