12 Replies Latest reply on Nov 15, 2006 5:45 AM by kukeltje

    coolest feature ever

    tom.baeyens

      wow. i just added the coolest feature ever. an email server web application ! :-)

      in the jpdl/dist build file, there is a target to deploy a webapp through the jboss jmx console. That web app contains one servlet. The servlet will launch a simple mail server on port 25. It will collect all emails that are sent to local host via SMTP (the default configuration for sending mail in jbpm happens to be localhost as well --what a lucky coincidence--)

      now you can start executing processes that include mail notifications and reminders and just check the emails in your browser to see if they are cent ok.

      the page even refreshes itself!

      i have also added a mail example that just sends one mail.

      cool, huh !

      ENJOY

        • 1. Re: coolest feature ever
          kukeltje

          I hope this is only for testing ;-)

          • 2. Re: coolest feature ever
            kukeltje

            oh eeehhh and yes.. it is cool

            • 3. Re: coolest feature ever
              tom.baeyens

              it's indeed for testing, BUT also for giving fancy demos.

              ...anyways, i'm sure that you'll also use it in production once you've seen it in action :-)

              • 4. Re: coolest feature ever
                kukeltje

                it doesn't happen to be jboss messaging right? :-)

                Testing and demos... agree, production? hmmmm.... ;-)

                • 5. Re: coolest feature ever
                  timfox

                   

                  "kukeltje" wrote:
                  it doesn't happen to be jboss messaging right? :-)

                  Testing and demos... agree, production? hmmmm.... ;-)


                  I'm not sure I understand your comment kukeltje. Please can you enlighten us?

                  • 6. Re: coolest feature ever
                    koen.aers

                    LOL

                    I think Tim's ears whistled while Ronals commented on JBoss messaging :-))

                    Cheers,
                    Koen

                    • 7. Re: coolest feature ever
                      tom.baeyens

                      But i am also interested to know if there was more to it then just a joke.

                      • 8. Re: coolest feature ever
                        kukeltje

                        AHHHHHHHHHHH I'm ashamed, I did not mean to play down jboss messaging. Just that I would never run it in production as part of the bpm engine/deployment. It would be a separate deployment with it's own release cycles etc.... come to think of it. I have to try it again. It was a long time ago and it has matured greatly from what I've read.

                        I'm curious though for the reason to use a different ui framework and not build e.g. jsf/facelets components

                        • 9. Re: coolest feature ever
                          tom.baeyens

                           

                          "kukeltje" wrote:
                          I'm curious though for the reason to use a different ui framework and not build e.g. jsf/facelets components


                          if you mean the mail inbox stuff, in that case the answer is that hacking together a servlet was faster then setting up a jsf/facelets webapp. i didn't want to spend more then 2 hours on that. ...ok, it turned out to be 3.5, but you get the point, right ?

                          • 10. Re: coolest feature ever
                            kukeltje

                            I did not mean your ui (did not see that yet) I meant the ui of jboss messaging.

                            • 11. Re: coolest feature ever
                              timfox

                              Ronald - what are you talking about?

                              Are you confusing JBoss Messaging with JBoss Mail?

                              JBoss Messaging doesn't have a UI for a start and is nothing to do with email.

                              JBoss Messaging is an asychronous messaging implementation, (think JMS, MQ Series, ActiveMQ, SonicMQ etc) and we have multiple high profile customers using it successfully in production.

                              Please get your facts straight before shooting your mouth off on a public forum.

                              Thanks.

                              • 12. Re: coolest feature ever
                                kukeltje

                                That was exactely what I was going to post... complete mixup.... sorry and btw, I do like both products