So it seems we two are quite aligned, I too like Spring and JBoss!!!
I did many test with Spring a few months ago, and almost decided to use it,
but then abandoned it in favor of JBoss, because we already decided to use
it
as our application server, so there was no point in using yet another
library (Spring).
From what I've seen so far I can tell that the IoC container of Spring is
much more poweful and developed, but JBoss' Microcontainer will soon reach
it.
Aspect programming is a great thing. I did some tests months ago with both
the Spring aspect framework and JBossAOP. They follow different
philosophies,
but I found JBossAOP to be much more powerful.
JBoss strength is the integration with all other services (if you need them,
but you're not obliged to), and in particular it's powerful Class Loading
system.
So Spring is more "smart", but JBoss has a much larger "breadth",
though it's a bit difficult to grasp at first. Also one may have the
idea that JBoss technologies works only inside the application server,
but this is not the case, in fact most of them, work equally well outside.
Take a look at this to have an idea of what they're developing the
Microcontainer for:
http://jboss.org/jbossBlog/blog/bburke/2005/09/29/JBoss_Microcontainer_Embed
dable_JBoss.txt
Anyway I'm not pushing JBoss, I just want to be sure that each option
is taken into account. I like Spring very much, so I'd be happy if it
would be chosen. It just seems to be less "enterprise" than JBoss...
Bye
Paolo Rizzi
P.S: Can you put up a polling form on the Wiki, or something like that???
Because EMail tends to go missing, after a while...
Spring)
I must say I am leaning pretty heavily toward Spring, for a couple of
reasons:1) It is fully featured web application framework
2) WebMVC is a nice substitute for struts
3) It is integratable with pretty much of the other web
technologies out
there, including struts
4) I have found aspects to be a very nice way of organizing code
However my number one reason for liking Spring is the
popularity it is
gaining. For instance, this year at OOPSLA Spring received
much attention.JBoss Microcontainer)
I eagerly await the full evaluation, I have done some
research, here are
my thoughts.From what I can tell JBoss MicroContainer offers everything
that Spring
does. However it still seems like JBoss Microcontainer is
still the new
guy on the scene and most people are still using spring.This is an article comparing the two:
http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t49723.html
Here is an interesting post that referes to JBoss licencing:
http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/m91945483.html
So all in all I would have to say that my choice at this moment is
definitly Spring.Any one else who has an opinion please chime in.
-Justin
P.Rizzi Ag.Mobilità Ambiente wrote:
> I looked at:
> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/GeoServer+2.0+Technology
> and saw you updated it with more detailed information, very
good work!!!
> I'm experimenting a bit with JBoss Microcontainer and I
hope to be able
> to add my experiments' results to the page soon.
>
> I think we should start a sort of opinion poll.
> Obviously you are free to decide as you like, but I think that
> any "Humble and Biased" opinion, can be useful anyway.
>
> So, here follows mine (please imagine an implicit "I think..."
> before each affirmation).
>
> Bye
> Paolo Rizzi
>
> ******************************************************************
> .) OSGi
> It's surely powerful, but not easily "embeddable".
> It tends to want having things done in its own manner
> and it may conflict with other container (J2EE in particular).
> --- I'd not use it. ---
>
> .) Geronimo / GBeans
> Light, flexible and embeddable enough, but it has nothing more
> than JBoss / Microcontainer has, and it's not enough mature.
> --- I'd not use it. ---
>
> .) Spring
> Very light, flexible and embeddable. It's designed to integrate,
> not to conflict, with other containers and technology.
> It optionally offers more than the plain container (MVC, AOP, etc.).
> It's quite mature and supported, but maybe there're not many people
> "behind" it, apart from its creator.
> --- I'd use it. ---
>
> .) JBoss / Microcontainer
> Very light and flexible. The new Microcontainer is embeddable
> and it's designed to integrate, not to conflict, with other
containers.
> JBoss optionally offers a lot more than the plain container
(MVC, AOP,
> etc.).
> It's very mature and supported, and there's a strong
support "behind" it.
> --- I'd use it. ---
>
> Licenses details remains to be looked for (but I'm no
expert in this).
> In the end I'd use JBoss / Microcontainer, because that's
what I've used
> till now (JBoss, not the Microcontainer).
> If for any reason this is judged not to be usable, I'd use Spring.
> I see no reason to use Geronimo / GBeans instead of JBoss /
Microcontainer.
> I'd not use OSGi anyway.
>
> ******************************************************************
>
>
>>-----Messaggio originale-----
>>Da: Justin Deoliveira [mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com]
>>Inviato: lunedì 24 ottobre 2005 17.04
>>A: "P.Rizzi Ag.Mobilità Ambiente"
>>Cc: 'dblasby@anonymised.com'; Gabriel Roldán; "L.Percich Ag.Mobilità
>>Ambiente"; geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>>Oggetto: Re: R: [Geoserver-devel] R: Geoserver Enterprise
>>
>>
>>Hi Paolo,
>>
>>I am glad you are interested in this topic. A technology
has not yet
>>been decided on, still in the evaluation stage. OSGi is just
>>the first
>>one that I have had time to document. Next I plan to evaluate
>>Geronimo.
>>
>>Please feel free to add JBoss to the list of candidates. It
>>you have the
>>time I would love if you could write some docs about why you
>>think its a
>>good way to go.
>>
>>The list of technologies on the page is by no means complete
>>so please
>>add anything else you think should be there.
>>
>>-Justin
>>
>>P.Rizzi Ag.Mobilità Ambiente wrote:
>>
>>>>Da: Justin Deoliveira [mailto:jdeolive@anonymised.com]
>>>>Inviato: venerdì 30 settembre 2005 19.20
>>>>We are in the process of putting up some wiki space
>>
>>dedicated to the
>>
>>>>design. It would be nice to start refining some of the great
>>>>discussions
>>>>that have been going on with OpenSDI and some of things you
>>
>>guys have
>>
>>>>been doing over the last little while into a architecure and
>>>>high level
>>>>design.
>>>>
>>>>Justin
>>>
>>>Sorry for disappearing in the last weeks, but I've been taken
>>>away with exporting data to remote Oracle instances...!!!
>>>
>>>I looked in the "RnD" Wiki space of GeoServer and saw the:
>>> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/GeoServer+2.0+Technology
>>>page, that seems the most recently updated.
>>>
>>>The only technology actually analized in depth is OSGi,
>>>does it means you already choose it, or simply is it the first one
>>>you addressed???
>>>
>>>I'd like to add JBoss as a suitable technology, and also a couple
>>>of other considerations. May I edit the page???
>>>
>>>I'm very interested in the proceeding of this and expecially in
>>>Dave's sentence:
>>> "...ps. from the last meeting, it appears the "data/catalog"
>>> portion of the framework will be somewhat like an expanded
>>>"DataEngine"
>>> (from the IRC meeting)...".
>>>I found no reference to this in the Wiki though... Where
>>
>>can I find it???
>>
>>>Bye
>>>Paolo Rizzi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>P.Rizzi Ag.Mobilità Ambiente wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>I read the transcript from yesterday's IRC meeting. Sorry
>>>>
>>>>we couldnt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>attend.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm sorry, because we probably didn't advertised the IRC
enough...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>For the last 2 weeks, I have been in Victoria talking with
>>>>
>>>>the two new
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>TOPP employees (Brent Owens and Justin Deoliveira).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We have been discussing a large number of topics, but one
>>>>
>>>>of the major
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>discussions has been on the Geoserver Enterprise Edition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is basically a new plug-in and extension-point based
>>
>>system for
>>
>>>>>>doing Geo-based web application (including things like WFS
>>>>
>>>>and WMS and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>WCS). And "customizing" existing applications. For
>>>>
>>>>example, the SIS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>stuff "plugging in" to WFS, and geo-wiki things. The new
>>
>>Enterprise
>>
>>>>>>edition will take geoserver from an application to a
platform for
>>>>>>developing and customizing web-based geo-applications.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We have discussed how we would provide services for most of
>>>>>>what's been
>>>>>>talked about on the mailing list and the few IRC
>>
>>meetings. I think
>>
>>>>>>you're going to be very excited about it. We are going to
>>>>>>write up our
>>>>>>ideas for next week and hope to get some feedback from you.
>>>>>
>>>>>Great!!! I'll wait to see what you came up with with much
>>>>
>>>>interest!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>dave
>>>>>
>>>>> Bye Paolo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>ps. from the last meeting, it appears the "data/catalog"
>>>>>>portion of the
>>>>>>framework will be somewhat like an expanded "DataEngine"
>>>>
>>>>(from the IRC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>meeting).
>>>>>
>>>>>I feel this is fundamental, so I'm happy to know we're
>>>>
>>>>quite tuned on it!!!
>>>>
>>>>
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