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Okay, I am almost finished with the SDF creation to support SJSAS_8_1_02 in Eclipse-WTP. Now for the interesting part, the samples provided are in fact generic.
What do I mean by Generic? Remember that old adage of making sure your Servers, Databases, and etc are tied to a windows services or unix daemon chain? Using the chain of windows services or unix daemons allows you to start the whole collection of servers with one command instead of starting each server separately with separate commands. Well in the generic ServerDefinitionFiles in the JST portion of Eclipse WTP you of course are not starting the servers under a windows services or unix daemon chain.
Thus, I am thinking I shoudl do at least two ServerDefintionFiles per server with one specific for windows running as a service. The unix/linux folks will then be able to figure out the stuff to change to get their unix/linux specific demon apporach. Not that starting once or twice not running as a windows service or unix daemon is not good. Its just messy in the long term.
Of course on the server config wizard reached by window->preferences->server->installed runtimes doesn't specify windows services or unix daemons for tomcat/geronimo either. But, that is in compiled jar archive instead of expanded via a SDF. But, still I wonder why going the non windwows service/unix daemon route was choosen?
Well, it doesn't matter I will just create a generic SDF and service/daemon oriented generic SDF for geronimo as well to add the SJSAS_8_1_02 part.
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