Re: [ecf-dev] Remoting with ECF (with REST) in Eclipse RCP?

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Angelo,

On 4/6/2012 12:21 AM, Angelo zerr wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> At first thanks to have posting message in my blog 
> http://angelozerr.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/eclipse_spring_step0/
> As you have read, I would like support Remoting on our Eclipse RCP/RAP 
> with Spring DM and I have studied CXF DOSGi with REST and it works well.
> An important thing is that our Eclipse RCP must support Fat 
> Client/Client Serveur (Remoting). 

[Scott]  I'm not sure what you mean by this.  Of course ECF allows 
'peer-to-peer' remoting (i.e. remote service hosts can also be remote 
service hosts...if that's what you meant.

> So I want just
>
> * add remoting exporter bundle on server side (ex:with CXF DOSGi, I 
> retrieve the services implementation and I expose the service with 
> REST just with Spring configuration (none code)).

[Scott]  This should be completely possible...as long as Spring follows 
the OSGi standards here for registering OSGi services (and I cannot 
imagine that they don't).


> * add remoting importer bundle on client side. (ex: with CXF DOSGi, I 
> retrieve the services with REST client and I register the service in 
> the OSGi registry just with Spring configuration (none code)).

[Scott]  Same here.

> I have seen that ECF supports REST and you suggested me to use it. I'm 
> OK, but do you think it's possible with ECF to manage my case?

[Scott]  ECF does have a rest API...and we also now have a Restlet-based 
provider (it's not jax-based annotation, but it is annotation-based).

https://github.com/ECF/RestletProvider


> With REST, I want add JAX-RS annotation in my interface services and 
> do nothing with code (don't want code REST client/server service).

[Scott]  If you want to add a JAX-RS-based provider, you could certainly 
do so.   We have not created one yet, but as the restlet provider shows, 
with ECF's provider architecture and with remote service admin (RSA), 
it's a straightforward dev activity.

Thanks,

Scott