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Posted to dev@geronimo.apache.org by Lin Sun <li...@gmail.com> on 2007/10/09 21:05:10 UTC
J2g - purpose of configurator?
Hi,
I'd like to know a bit more as to why we need the configurator module in
j2g. From our user doc, we ask our users to run the j2g-configure in
the bin dir which at the end would call
org.apache.geronimo.devtools.j2g.Configurator. Looks like what it does
is to make a copy of existing eclipse_home\configuration\config.ini and
add some config properties to the config.ini file. But I don't really
understand why we need to modify the default config.ini file. I don't
think our geronimo eclipse plugin modifies it either. It can be a prob
when we want to enable a user to download j2g from an update site.
I tried to run j2g with the default config.ini and able to run the
jdes2g and jsrc2g fine. I haven't been able to find a sample that
allows me to run jres2g yet, so if you know any let me know.
Thanks,
Lin
Re: J2g - purpose of configurator?
Posted by "Erik B. Craig" <gi...@gmail.com>.
OOps, looks like this reply yesterday only went directly to Jason...
Jason,
Erm, yeah, you are correct, that stuff is in fact handled by the script
itself, and not in the executed Configurator.
-Erik
Lin Sun wrote:
> Jason and Erik,
>
> Thanks for your feedback! I think Jason is correct, the script
> (j2g-configure) is the one that does the copying. I'll work on
> allowing the users to install j2g from our eclipse update site (which
> should perform similar things as what j2g-configure does). Removing
> the need to config config.ini file and the unnecessary java files in
> j2g\trunk\src\main\resources\compatibility\org.apache.geronimo.devtools.j2g.sources.dependence.compatibility
> will enable me to do that IMHO.
>
> Lin
>
> Jason Warner wrote:
>> Erik,
>>
>> I was under the impression that the copying of the necessary jars was
>> handle by the j2g-configure script itself. I don't think the
>> configurator module is required for this script. It might be best,
>> if the config.ini changes are unnecessary, to remove the configurator
>> "plugin" component, and redo the script so that it only does the
>> copying.
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jason Warner
>>
>> On 10/10/07, *Erik B. Craig* <ginemesis@gmail.com
>> <ma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Lin,
>> I did some poking around with what it's actually doing now...
>> It actually looks like this may not be necessary with eclipse
>> 3.3. I am
>> not 100% sure on this, because I have only touched j2g while using
>> Eclipse 3.3 milestones and up, never with 3.2, but I think it may
>> have
>> been necessary to set some of the things that it is setting with
>> Eclipse
>> 3.2. At any rate, I think you are correct in that this is no longer
>> required with what it's doing to the eclipse config.ini, however
>> it is
>> copying some of the dependencies (properties files) into the eclipse
>> plugins directory, along with the actual plugins themselves,
>> which this
>> is most certainly a critical part of its functionality.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erik
>>
>> Lin Sun wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'd like to know a bit more as to why we need the configurator
>> module
>> > in j2g. From our user doc, we ask our users to run the
>> j2g-configure
>> > in the bin dir which at the end would call
>> > org.apache.geronimo.devtools.j2g.Configurator. Looks like
>> what it
>> > does is to make a copy of existing
>> > eclipse_home\configuration\config.ini and add some config
>> properties
>> > to the config.ini file. But I don't really understand why we
>> need to
>> > modify the default config.ini file. I don't think our geronimo
>> > eclipse plugin modifies it either. It can be a prob when we
>> want to
>> > enable a user to download j2g from an update site.
>> >
>> > I tried to run j2g with the default config.ini and able to run
>> the
>> > jdes2g and jsrc2g fine. I haven't been able to find a sample
>> that
>> > allows me to run jres2g yet, so if you know any let me know.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Lin
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
Re: J2g - purpose of configurator?
Posted by Lin Sun <li...@gmail.com>.
Jason and Erik,
Thanks for your feedback! I think Jason is correct, the script
(j2g-configure) is the one that does the copying. I'll work on
allowing the users to install j2g from our eclipse update site (which
should perform similar things as what j2g-configure does). Removing
the need to config config.ini file and the unnecessary java files in
j2g\trunk\src\main\resources\compatibility\org.apache.geronimo.devtools.j2g.sources.dependence.compatibility
will enable me to do that IMHO.
Lin
Jason Warner wrote:
> Erik,
>
> I was under the impression that the copying of the necessary jars was
> handle by the j2g-configure script itself. I don't think the
> configurator module is required for this script. It might be best, if
> the config.ini changes are unnecessary, to remove the configurator
> "plugin" component, and redo the script so that it only does the copying.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason Warner
>
> On 10/10/07, *Erik B. Craig* <ginemesis@gmail.com
> <ma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Lin,
> I did some poking around with what it's actually doing now...
> It actually looks like this may not be necessary with eclipse 3.3. I am
> not 100% sure on this, because I have only touched j2g while using
> Eclipse 3.3 milestones and up, never with 3.2, but I think it may have
> been necessary to set some of the things that it is setting with Eclipse
> 3.2. At any rate, I think you are correct in that this is no longer
> required with what it's doing to the eclipse config.ini, however it is
> copying some of the dependencies (properties files) into the eclipse
> plugins directory, along with the actual plugins themselves, which this
> is most certainly a critical part of its functionality.
>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
> Lin Sun wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to know a bit more as to why we need the configurator module
> > in j2g. From our user doc, we ask our users to run the
> j2g-configure
> > in the bin dir which at the end would call
> > org.apache.geronimo.devtools.j2g.Configurator. Looks like what it
> > does is to make a copy of existing
> > eclipse_home\configuration\config.ini and add some config properties
> > to the config.ini file. But I don't really understand why we need to
> > modify the default config.ini file. I don't think our geronimo
> > eclipse plugin modifies it either. It can be a prob when we
> want to
> > enable a user to download j2g from an update site.
> >
> > I tried to run j2g with the default config.ini and able to run the
> > jdes2g and jsrc2g fine. I haven't been able to find a sample that
> > allows me to run jres2g yet, so if you know any let me know.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lin
> >
>
>
Re: J2g - purpose of configurator?
Posted by Jason Warner <ja...@gmail.com>.
Erik,
I was under the impression that the copying of the necessary jars was handle
by the j2g-configure script itself. I don't think the configurator module
is required for this script. It might be best, if the config.ini changes
are unnecessary, to remove the configurator "plugin" component, and redo the
script so that it only does the copying.
Cheers,
Jason Warner
On 10/10/07, Erik B. Craig <gi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Lin,
> I did some poking around with what it's actually doing now...
> It actually looks like this may not be necessary with eclipse 3.3. I am
> not 100% sure on this, because I have only touched j2g while using
> Eclipse 3.3 milestones and up, never with 3.2, but I think it may have
> been necessary to set some of the things that it is setting with Eclipse
> 3.2. At any rate, I think you are correct in that this is no longer
> required with what it's doing to the eclipse config.ini, however it is
> copying some of the dependencies (properties files) into the eclipse
> plugins directory, along with the actual plugins themselves, which this
> is most certainly a critical part of its functionality.
>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
> Lin Sun wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to know a bit more as to why we need the configurator module
> > in j2g. From our user doc, we ask our users to run the j2g-configure
> > in the bin dir which at the end would call
> > org.apache.geronimo.devtools.j2g.Configurator. Looks like what it
> > does is to make a copy of existing
> > eclipse_home\configuration\config.ini and add some config properties
> > to the config.ini file. But I don't really understand why we need to
> > modify the default config.ini file. I don't think our geronimo
> > eclipse plugin modifies it either. It can be a prob when we want to
> > enable a user to download j2g from an update site.
> >
> > I tried to run j2g with the default config.ini and able to run the
> > jdes2g and jsrc2g fine. I haven't been able to find a sample that
> > allows me to run jres2g yet, so if you know any let me know.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lin
> >
>
Re: J2g - purpose of configurator?
Posted by "Erik B. Craig" <gi...@gmail.com>.
Lin,
I did some poking around with what it's actually doing now...
It actually looks like this may not be necessary with eclipse 3.3. I am
not 100% sure on this, because I have only touched j2g while using
Eclipse 3.3 milestones and up, never with 3.2, but I think it may have
been necessary to set some of the things that it is setting with Eclipse
3.2. At any rate, I think you are correct in that this is no longer
required with what it's doing to the eclipse config.ini, however it is
copying some of the dependencies (properties files) into the eclipse
plugins directory, along with the actual plugins themselves, which this
is most certainly a critical part of its functionality.
Thanks,
Erik
Lin Sun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to know a bit more as to why we need the configurator module
> in j2g. From our user doc, we ask our users to run the j2g-configure
> in the bin dir which at the end would call
> org.apache.geronimo.devtools.j2g.Configurator. Looks like what it
> does is to make a copy of existing
> eclipse_home\configuration\config.ini and add some config properties
> to the config.ini file. But I don't really understand why we need to
> modify the default config.ini file. I don't think our geronimo
> eclipse plugin modifies it either. It can be a prob when we want to
> enable a user to download j2g from an update site.
>
> I tried to run j2g with the default config.ini and able to run the
> jdes2g and jsrc2g fine. I haven't been able to find a sample that
> allows me to run jres2g yet, so if you know any let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Lin
>