What is the minimum configuration to register a Deployer?

[bosschaert]

I'm trying to build a simplistic deployer using the structure in

  http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbossas/projects/demos/microcontainer/trunk

Just registering my SimpleDeployer (extends AbstractDeployer) as a bean clearly isn't enough as I'm not getting the deploy() and undeploy() callbacks when I call Main.deploy(someurl) after I've installed my deployer. Do I need to register it somehow?

My current registration looks like this:

{code}<deployment xmlns="urn:jboss:bean-deployer:2.0">
    <bean name="SimpleDeployer" class="org.acme.SimpleDeployer"/>
</deployment>{code}

I have the following code:

{code}// This deploys my Simple Deployer as above
Main.deploy("${demos.home}/deployer/src/main/resources/META-INF/deployer-beans.xml");
Main.validate();
Thread.sleep(2000);
Main.deploy("${demos.home}/deployer/src/main/resources/META-INF/some-other-beans.xml");
Main.validate();
Thread.sleep(2000);
Main.undeploy("${demos.home}/deployer/src/main/resources/META-INF/some-other-beans.xml");
Main.validate();{code}

I can see that the constructor of my SimpleDeployer is getting called, but it doesn't get any deployment callbacks when I call Main.deploy() later on...

[bosschaert]

Ok, it looks like I found the answer to my own question. My deployer was indeed getting registered, but the Main.deploy() call wasn't passing through the deployer chain. Dropping a jar file in the sandbox did actually get my deployer triggered...

[alesj]

I can see that the constructor of my SimpleDeployer is getting called, but it doesn't get any deployment callbacks when I call Main.deploy() later on...

Main::deploy goes directly into Kernel' registry, it doesn't go over "real deployment" aka over VirtualDeploymentFramework.