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1. Re: Architectural overview of the AS?
ulrichromahn Nov 28, 2012 2:05 PM (in response to nickarls)I want to strongly second that. I was digging around the code for weeks now to figure out some of the basics (e.g. how to initialize a JBoss Module, how to create and register a service, how deployment works, etc.) but are still completely lost.
Good documentation from the community was a hallmark of previous JBoss versions but I have a feeling that this is not the case anymore.
All what is needed would be some basic high-level documentaiton from some of the "insider" and we - the community - could pick up the ball from here to add more documentation.
My two cents...
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2. Re: Architectural overview of the AS?
smarlow Nov 28, 2012 2:32 PM (in response to nickarls)Here are some documents that might be helpful.
Other AS7 development articles listed here.
You can join the AS7 dev email list here and read the mailing list archives here. A lot of discussions occurred here and aren't anywhere else.
Scott
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3. Re: Architectural overview of the AS?
nickarls Nov 28, 2012 2:53 PM (in response to smarlow)Yes, those are good fragments of information (the irc channel log is also useful) but there is unfortunately still no "100000feet overview". I know the devs are busy implementing but I still think it would be a good investment to spend 2-3 days documenting the big picture, describing the key systems and interfaces etc.
With a solid backbone for the docs, I'm sure there are enough curious people willing to explore and document. Before you know it everything will be documented, lots of people know enough of the AS to start fixing the bugs themselves and then you can start recruiting!
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4. Re: Architectural overview of the AS?
brian.stansberry Nov 29, 2012 1:04 AM (in response to nickarls)I'm writing something up on the (standalone) boot and how subsystems get initialized. I doubt I'll have time to say much about deployment processing; at most a few simple concepts.
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5. Re: Architectural overview of the AS?
nickarls Nov 29, 2012 1:44 AM (in response to brian.stansberry)Cool! Will you post it as an article here or what would be the appropriate format if you consider others (hopefully) will contribute and expand it?
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6. Re: Architectural overview of the AS?
brian.stansberry Nov 29, 2012 7:25 AM (in response to nickarls)It's a wiki page here. Once it gets polished up a bit -- I'm forced to focus on speed right now -- it would better off at https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS72/Documentation.
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7. Re: Architectural overview of the AS?
brian.stansberry Dec 3, 2012 3:59 PM (in response to nickarls)See https://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-47970. A bit of a data dump, but hopefully useful.
I also started on https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS72/Extending+JBoss+AS+7#ExtendingJBossAS7-KeyInterfacesandClassesRelevanttoExtensionDevelopers but it will probably be a while before I finish that off.
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8. Re: Architectural overview of the AS?
nickarls Dec 3, 2012 4:32 PM (in response to brian.stansberry)Thanks, that was just what I was looking for - I'm now confused at a higher level! ;-)