[wsas-java-dev] Axis1 Deployer for Axis2

[Davanum Srinivas]

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Yes Glen. That was my question. Will folks be able to get a jar (or set of jars) that they can drop into an existing
Axis2 installation.

thanks,
dims

Glen Daniels wrote:
> Yes, dims, but nobody responded yet. :)  I'm not sure I understood your
> question - were you asking if we'd end up with a single Axis2->1 bridge
> jar that people could plug in to existing A2 installations?
> 
> As for the rest of the thread so far:
> 
> Putting it into WSAS would be OK.  The thing about deploying Axis1
> services is that it's often not as simple a packaging model as Axis2 -
> in particular, there's no archive management or classpath isolation, so
> in A1, you need to set up the service classes yourself and make sure
> they're somehow on the classpath.
> 
> As others have said, a Synapse/ESB solution can get you Axis1
> front-ending but at the cost of extra network roundtrips.  There may be
> good reasons to do that, but having an intra-JVM solution is still nice
> from a performance and management standpoint.
> 
> When's the projected WSAS 2.0 date?  It shouldn't take that long to
> clean up the fault stuff, maybe a few days work pulling together tests
> and building bridges.
> 
> --Glen
> 
> Davanum Srinivas wrote:
> Did my email below reach this list??
> 
> thanks,
> dims
> 
> Davanum Srinivas wrote:
>>>> Just to clarify the decision, all the code directly in wsas svn
>>>> totally integrated right? (So there is no single jar
>>>> that anyone can use with an existing Axis2 installation)
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> dims
>>>>
>>>> Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote:
>>>>> I'd like to put it into WSAS .. and even have a bit of UI to help users
>>>>> deploy an Axis1 service easily. Azeez, what do you think? This'll be a
>>>>> very good feature for users .. good enticement for WSAS.
>>>>> A good usecase: deploy Axis1 service and use Axis2's security + RM in
>>>>> front of it. This is a bit ESB-like because the scenario can be dealt
>>>>> with ESB+Axis1 too but IMO that's ok as its a single JVM solution. ESB
>>>>> folks what do you think?
>>>>> Glen, can we try to get the fault stuff sorted before we ship WSAS 2.0?
>>>>> Sanjiva.
>>>>> Glen Daniels wrote:
>>>>>> Hi folks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As part of my work the last month or two, I've built a custom deployer
>>>>>> which allows you to use Axis1 "inside" of Axis2.  You install the
>>>>>> deployer and then it notices WSDD files inside your Axis2 respository
>>>>>> - it spins up an Axis1 AxisEngine configured with the WSDD, and then
>>>>>> steps through each service in that engine, and deploys for it a
>>>>>> "proxy" Axis2 service with a custom MessageReceiver that dispatches to
>>>>>> Axis1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The theory here is that this should allow current Axis1 users to
>>>>>> continue using their (potentially RPC-style) services for a while, but
>>>>>> still get the benefits of the Axis2 flow/Module architecture.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The current version is a first cut - it doesn't handle faults well
>>>>>> yet, for example, and it needs some improving.  But I'd like to get it
>>>>>> plugged into the source repository so people can play with it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So here's my question for you.  Where should I check this in?  In WSO2
>>>>>> commons?  WSAS?  Suggestions and/or comments appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> --Glen
>>>>>>
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