Re: Vision: JXTA Application Server for configuration & deployment

There was a project called Tri-point that seems to have had some  
similar goals. It looks like it withered on the vine, though... No  
activity in a while.

http://tripoint.jxta.org/

Vanessa

On 11-Jun-06, at 6:58 AM, John Dickerson wrote:

> Vision of where configuration and deployment of JXTA could go
> =============================================================
>
> Please let us all know if any of you share the same vision or  
> disagree with it.
>
> [A] JXTA applications are coded in a similar way to Servlet or EJB  
> applications.
>
> (i) When one creates a Servlet one does not have to code the Web  
> Container or the Application Server the Web Container sits in.
>
> Similarly when creating a P2P application one will only have to  
> code one or more JXTA services that make up the P2P Application.
>
> (ii) The P2P applications are zipped up in a p2p application jar  
> format; rather like a J2EE application is zipped up as an ear  
> application file with an ear extension.
>
> (iii The p2p application jars will have all the necessary  
> deployment xml files required to deploy the application:
>
>     e.g. profile.xml file
>     e.g. services.xml file which maps logical names for services to  
> the class name implementing the services
>
> (iv) The P2P applications are hot deployable: One can drop the p2p  
> application jar under a deploy directory and the JXTA application  
> server will notice that this has occured and will deploy the  
> application.  For example JBoss, a J2EE Application Server has a  
> hot deployable directory.
>
>
> [B] Implications
>
> (i) The great thing about the JXTA application server concept is  
> that it could allow the life cycle of P2P applications to be  
> controlled.
>
> For example:
>
> 	(i) Band width allowed for JXTA application
> 	
> 	(ii) Local resources allowed for P2P application
> 		(a) Hard Disk
> 		(b) Memory requirements
> 		(c) Processing Power
> 		
> 	(iii) Security Sand Box for non trusted applications
> 	
> 	(iv) Life span of P2P application
>
>         (v) Management of multiple P2P applications on the same  
> machine
> 	
> (ii) JXTA application servers make it easier to integrate P2P  
> applications with other information systems.
>
> (iii) JXTA application servers make JXTA P2P a more serious  
> proposition to the corporate world and consequently encourage  
> JXTA's popularity as a serious alternative to .NET and J2EE for  
> certain application types.
>
> I am very excited by the JXTA Application Server vision as I  
> believe it can make JXTA easier to use and will also bring JXTA  
> into the mainstream alongside J2EE and .NET.
>
> Thank you all for your attention.
>
> Any criticisms or points of agreement you have with the JXTA  
> application server vision wil be much appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> John Dickerson
>
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