Hey guys,

I have created a simple extension which allow to unpack a container distribution for managed container adapter.

It allows resolution of container distribution from:

• Maven G:A:V (using ShrinkWrap Resolver)
• URL (file:///.., http://..)

This solution basically removes a need for unpacking the container distribution from Maven.

I have already found several cases where it would be beneficial to use it and also Ondra Zizka is interested.

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The configuration is done in arquillian.xml.

At the end, extension's configuration could look like:

<extension qualifier="container-installer">
      <property name="installation">{group:artifactId:version}|http://...|file://...}</property>
        <property name="target">${project.build.directory}</property>
        <property name="uninstallAfterSuite">true</property>
</extension>

Or better, it could hook into configuration of containers, so that each configuration will have associated distribution.

    <container qualifier="jboss" default="true">
        <configuration>
            <property name="jbossHome">${project.build.directory}/${jbossHome}</property>

            
            <!-- the location of distribution ZIP -->

            <property name="installation">{group:artifactId:version}|http://...|file://...}</property>
            <!-- the location of configuration files that we need to rewrite -->

              <property name="installConfiguration">{group:artifactId:version}|http://...|file://...}</property>
              <property name="installationTarget">${project.build.directory}</property>
              <property name="uninstallAfterSuite">true</property>
        </configuration>
    </container>

It occurs to me that it would be also beneficial when this extension could setup containerHome automatically after resolution of a binary and its expansion, in this case it would set ${jbossHome} env property.

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The container installation can also provide some useful event hooks:

• InstallContainer
• ConfigureInstalledContainer
• UnconfigureInstalledContainer
• UninstallContainer

You can use arbitrary method to configure container, e.g. use ShrinkWrap Descriptors to rewrite container's XML configuration.

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Would you find this extension useful?