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1. Re: Deployment of portlets - custom descriptors
swisst Feb 19, 2008 10:50 AM (in response to nilsga)The way I understand it is that these files are completely optional. All of what is done in these files can be done through the Admin portal.
With that said, we really like defining these files. It means we can drop our application in on any JBoss portal server and have it configured for us. Our layout is pretty static and it's the only way I know of to manage the configuration and easily duplicate the configuration through our environments (dev, qa, uat, prod). -
2. Re: Deployment of portlets - custom descriptors
nilsga Feb 20, 2008 5:03 PM (in response to nilsga)Thanks, I found the administration for these operations now. I just read the chapter about portlet deployment, and got the impression that they were required.
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3. Re: Deployment of portlets - custom descriptors
claprun Feb 21, 2008 11:35 AM (in response to nilsga)Could you point out exactly which chapter you are referring to?
http://docs.jboss.com/jbportal/v2.6.4/referenceGuide/html/xmldescriptors.html#descriptors_portlet is pretty explicit on the fact that these descriptors are optional... -
4. Re: Deployment of portlets - custom descriptors
nilsga Feb 21, 2008 5:04 PM (in response to nilsga)I was following the tutorials in the reference guide: http://docs.jboss.com/jbportal/v2.6.4/referenceGuide/html/tutorials.html#d0e2127
The chapter you pointed was pretty clear, so thanks for pointing that out. -
5. Re: Deployment of portlets - custom descriptors
claprun Feb 21, 2008 5:08 PM (in response to nilsga)Maybe it should indeed made clearer in the tutorial that the descriptors are optional.
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6. Re: Deployment of portlets - custom descriptors
pmn92 Feb 23, 2008 4:35 AM (in response to nilsga)The documentation does not tell what descriptors are optional and what descriptors are mandatory?
Descriptors is a solution to automating the deployment, the problem is that these are read and written to the database at every start of the server.
If descriptors are not mandatory then it could build a war to deploy/update and a war to "run". Could you tell what files are optional?
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7. Re: Deployment of portlets - custom descriptors
swisst Feb 23, 2008 12:50 PM (in response to nilsga)All JBoss descriptor files are optional. If it's not part of JSR 168, you don't have to have it.