GBean references

[Kenji Nakamura <ke...@clazzsoft.com>]

Hi,

I'm transforming our desktop app to run on server, and I'd like to
make custom GBeans out of the modules.

I'm stuck with the configuration of GBean reference.
I took a look at the plans in doc directory, and noticed there are
three ways to define reference.

I created a GBean named "Dispatcher" in configId
"com/example/Dispatcher". Then I created another plan
"com/example/Workspace" whose parentId is "com/example/Dispatcher". In
the plan, I'd like to inject Dispatcher into a GBean "Workspace".

I tried both format 1) and 2).

1)
 <reference name="Dispatcher">
            <gbean-name>geronimo.server:j2eeType=GBean,J2EEModule=com/example/Dispatcher,name=Dispatcher</gbean-name>
 </reference>

2)
<reference name="Dispatcher">
            <module>com/example/Dispatcher</module>
            <type>GBean</type>
            <name>Dispatcher</name>
 </reference>

In either case, console output seems to be normal...

15:34:43,907 INFO  [LocalConfigStore:config-store] Loaded
Configuration geronimo.config:name="com/example/Workspace"
15:34:43,990 INFO  [Configuration] Started configuration com/example/Workspace

However, doStart() method of Workspace GBean WAS NOT called, and I
noticed the following debug message.

15:34:44,456 DEBUG [GBeanSingleReference] Waiting to start
geronimo.server:J2EEApplication=null,J2EEModule=com/example/Workspace,J2EEServer=geronimo,j2eeType=GBean,name=Workspace
because no targets are running for reference Dispatcher matching the
patterns geronimo.server:J2EEModule=com/example/Dispatcher,j2eeType=GBean,name=Dispatcher

Here is the output of deploy list-modules.
(...snip...)
+ org/apache/geronimo/SystemDatabase
  + org/apache/geronimo/applications/Welcome/Jetty @
http://omega.intranet.palamida.com:8083/
  + com/example/Dispatcher
  + com/example/Workspace
  + org/apache/geronimo/SystemJMS
(...snip...)

The output of list-targets is as following;
Available Targets:
  geronimo.server:J2EEApplication=null,J2EEModule=org/apache/geronimo/System,J2EEServer=geronimo,j2eeType=ConfigurationStore,name=Local

doStart() is invoked if I comment out the reference to Dispatcher.

Workspace GBean also has the reference to ServerInfo, which is defined
in format 2) and successfully retrieved and doStart() is kicked off. I
don't understand where the behavior difference comes from. Do I need
to something special to expose GBean to others?

I also want to know the criteria to choose reference element format 1)
and 2) described above. Are they just syntax variations to support
JSR-77 style and Geronimo native configId?

Thanks in advance,

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Kenji Nakamura