objectweb & eclipse web tool project

[Christophe Loridan <CHRISTOPHE.LORIDAN@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello,


Following various contacts between ObjectWeb's participants
and Eclipse .

Eclipse is currently launching a project named Web tools, the
idea is to generate basic technologies that can be assembled 
into a Web (I mean J2EE in the largest sense, covering JSP
, EJB, Web Service & more..) development platform suite

There has been questions (e.g see excerpt from the web tools
mailing list below) on how ObjectWeb could participate to this
 effort

I think we could think about this question from an architectural
point of view. Every ObjectWeb project at some point invests in the
development aspect, we should  figure out if it makes sense
technically to leverage this effort in the context of the  Web Tools
project

A further question is related to the nature of the contributions
 that OW could made.

Please let me know what you think , hopefully we can also
discuss this at the OW conf

Best regards

        Christophe

Excerpt from Web Tool Mailing list
(http://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups/index.html)


Arthur,

ObjectWeb I think is quite looking forward to participate to the
project, as it is complementary to our run time platform. Given
the number of projects that ObjectWeb hosts there are certainly 
 a number of opportunities for collaborations

For what concerns JOnAS, we are first looking at having an effective
support of JOnAS by Eclipse and the  Web Tool platform. For us JOPE 
is a first step in that direction.

We'd like to extend the functions provided by JOPE, especially  in the
area  of Web service support . 

Another area of interest is tools enabling to compose Web Services
e.g to generate bpel language
Best regards


Christophe



Arthur Ryman wrote:

> jerome wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > JOPE (JOnas Plugin for Eclipse) is an open source plugin for Eclipse
> > which provide easly way to develop your J2EE application server in JOnAS
> > server.
> > 
> > Actual functionalities :
> > 
> > - Start, stop et restart JOnAS in Eclipse. You can choose to run JOnAS
> > in debug mode or start in DOS windows.
> > - Create a new JONAS_BASE
> > - Debug JOnAS applications with break-point
> > - Develop Web application with class and web.xml templates. WAR
> > generation et deployement into JONAS_BASE. Hot deployement for JSP and
> > classes.
> > 
> > Envisaged functionalities :
> > 
> > - EJB development (Template generation for EJB classes, graphical
> > interface for deployment descriptor, interposition classes generation,
> > JAR generation, deployment ...)
> > - JCA connector manipulation (graphical interface for deployment
> > descriptor, RAR generation, deployment)
> > - EAR creation (graphical interface for deployment descriptor, EAR
> > generation, deployment,...)
> > - Struts integration
> > 
> > You can find more informations about JOPE (workplan, download...) at
> > ObjectWeb SourceForge site http://forge.objectweb.org/projects/jope
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Jérôme
> > 
> Jerome,

> Thx for the info. Can you tell us anything about ObjectWeb's interest in 
> contributing to the eclipse Web Tools Project?

> -- Arthur