[Carbon-dev] Working directory for Bundles inside carbon

[Senaka Fernando]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Isuru Suriarachchi <isuru at wso2.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Sameera Jayasoma <sameera at wso2.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Srinath Perera <srinath at wso2.com> wrote:
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>>> > I like the idea of setting up a "work/" directory like Tomcat and
>>> giving a
>>> > structured way for any component to store stuff there. Of course
>>> components
>>> > need to realize that the files there are visible to other components
>>> and
>>> > that the work/ directory will be blown away at startup (?).
>>>
>>> +1, should we delete this at startup? I guess that will keep the
>>> outcome predictable. How about $CARBON_HOME/work/bundlename/ as the
>>> convention?
>>>
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>> In Carbon we set the java.io.tmpdir to $CARBON_HOME/tmp. IMV, it is better
>> to reuse this folder without introducing new one.
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> Yes exactly. +1 for using the existing tmp directory. But I think we don't
> delete this at the startup currently. Even with the --cleanCache param, only
> the repository/components/plugins are deleted. Isn't it?
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Also, when deployed on an app server, unless otherwise enforced by
specifying a system property at startup or (by setting JAVA_OPTS or
JAVA_OPTIONS - WebLogic), they use their own tmp folder. I think this
happens when running on JBoss at least.

Thanks,
Senaka.

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> Thanks,
> ~Isuru
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>> WDYT?
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>> Sameera
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>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Srinath
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>>> >
>>> > Sanjiva.
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Srinath Perera <srinath at wso2.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi All;
>>> >>
>>> >> I need to convert Apache DS and Apache Solr in to carbon bundles, and
>>> >> both have dependency on the file system. The way I am planning to
>>> >> handle that is have those inside the jar, and write them out to a
>>> >> directory when bundle starts  and use that. That will also allow users
>>> >> to change the configuration and restart.
>>> >>
>>> >> Is that the right way to go?
>>> >>
>>> >> My question is what is the best working directory for components? does
>>> >> carbon already have such a concept. I think it is good idea to define
>>> >> a designated area, to keep things clean. Following are few options.
>>> >>
>>> >> 1) If I can find where carbon home is, I can create a work directory
>>> >> inside repository and use that.
>>> >> 2) I can create .carbon directory in users home directory and use that
>>> >>
>>> >> WDYT?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks
>>> >> Srinath
>>> >>
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