JBoss AS 5 Microcontainer services

[stuart_wildcat]

Is there any page in the wiki that describes how to implement a microcontainer service in JBoss AS? The ability to extend JBoss AS by adding in custom services has always been one of the strengths of JBoss AS. It would be important to know how to do this with the new architecture.

Right now there are a few pages about the microcontainer but all they seem to have are UML diagrams on the various classes that would be involved.

A "Implementing Microcontainer services for dummies" version would be appreciated. This would also be useful info for the "admin guide" if a similar resource is being made available for AS 5.

Information on how to turn a MBean service into a POJO microcontainer service might be helpful also.

Are MBean services still deployable to JBoss AS 5? I heard at some point in the past they weren't going to be.

Thanks,
Stuart

[alrubinger]

Check out the MC User's Guide:

http://www.jboss.org/file-access/default/members/jbossmc/freezone/docs/2.0.x/userGuide/index.html

"stuart_wildcat" wrote:
Are MBean services still deployable to JBoss AS 5? I heard at some point in the past they weren't going to be.

Yes, the old "mbean code=''" format is supported as well.

S,
ALR

[alesj]

From your cross posting:
- http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4201306#4201306
We/you need to decide where we're gonna continue this discussion,
as it doesn't make sense to answer things twice. ;-)

"stuart_wildcat" wrote:

Are MBean services still deployable to JBoss AS 5? I heard at some point in the past they weren't going to be.

As ALR already answered, the mbeans are still there.
But with the MC going POJO, our goal is to eventually make AS mbeans free,
hence making it smaller and more lightweight -- no need for custom JMX or any JMX for that matter.

[stuart_wildcat]

Thanks for the info. I hadn't yet looked at the Microcontainer documentation. I guess I was expecting there would be something in the AS documentation.

Thanks,
Stuart

[alesj]

"stuart_wildcat" wrote:
I guess I was expecting there would be something in the AS documentation.

There should be something.
To be honest, I need to check what exactly is there.

But for more exact MC info, simply post it to our MC user forum.
And I'll make sure it gets answered. ;-)