uPortal IRC Logs-2013-08-23

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[10:30:03 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> tlev: Is there a location I can put a portlet xsd file that is a stable, referenceable URL? I'm thinking we can do something like https://wiki.jasig.org/display/PLT/Announcements+Portlet/topic.xsd, but I'm wondering if there is something better.

[10:34:07 CDT(-0500)] <tlev> that is a valid question. Where have we put xsd's in other projects? what is it going to be referenced by?

[10:37:24 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> This is to support data import for portlet data (and perhaps we can switch portal data to xsd-validated at some point). I'd like a schemaLocation that IDEs and related tools can find to aid with xml code completion and of course validation. Alternately I could try to find a way to reference a relative file system location, but that's not an approach I've really seen used.

[10:40:17 CDT(-0500)] <tlev> I guess the only problem i see with utilizing the wiki for that would be, what if the wiki was down when u tried to access it? It might be an unnecessary dependency if you could host it locally

[10:40:20 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> For instance, right now the Announcement portlet generates xsd's from annotations in the java files and stores the xsd's in something like target/generated-schemas so the files are available locally post-build. I haven't tried to reference relative locations – I'd be more comfortable publishing the schema at an URL that's always accessible because it is more consistent and less confusing for users when they try to edit xml

[10:42:10 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> yeah I thought of that. System down or URL changes get disruptive. It might also be a problem if you try to do a data-import and the xsd is not available. I think I've run into something like that in the past.

[10:44:19 CDT(-0500)] <tlev> If you are only using it for internal purposes, maybe host it on a tomcat instance on one of your machines?

[10:48:16 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> Every installation, including the quickstart, will be using this approach for announcements and other data import (I'd like to eventually move away from the org.danann.cernunnos-based approach of processing XML to JAXB/xsd since it is a pretty common set of technologies).

[10:48:24 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> You might not have an http server running locally.

[10:49:24 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> I see on stack overflow I should be able to reference relative paths. I can try that to see how it works, maybe even check the xsd's into the source so they are versioned as well.

[10:50:19 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> Do you know if uportal's data import use the cernunnos libraries or JAXB or something else?

[10:51:06 CDT(-0500)] <tlev> i believe you can use relative paths

[10:51:25 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> yeah I see a few examples on stackoverflow (love that site)

[10:51:41 CDT(-0500)] <tlev> that might be a better option, then it would all be in the same place and version controlled

[10:52:23 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> I'll give that a shot to see how it works. If we ever allow you to import the files from the uPortal admin UI it may be a problem, but we can deal with that later if so.

[10:55:03 CDT(-0500)] <tlev> sounds good

[10:57:50 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> thanks for your input

[12:44:08 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> tlev: Who is looking at Jasig Bamboo and can alter configuration on the server?

[12:44:42 CDT(-0500)] <tlev> I think drew took over that

[12:45:43 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> OK thanks

[15:31:57 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> anyone know where the source code for this artifact lives?:

[15:31:58 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> <dependency>

[15:31:58 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> <groupId>org.jasig.portal.tools</groupId>

[15:31:58 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> <artifactId>uportal-ant-tasks</artifactId>

[15:31:58 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> <version>1.0.1</version>

[15:31:58 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> <scope>compile</scope>

[15:31:58 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> </dependency>

[15:34:43 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> It's part of the uportal project

[15:34:59 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> See bootstrap/uportal-ant-tasks

[15:35:41 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> far as i can see that's just a reference to the genuine article

[15:36:51 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> i see that the code i need used to be in uP

[15:36:52 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> https://source.jasig.org/uPortal/tags/rel-3-1-0-M2/uportal-ear-deployer/src/main/java/org/jasig/portal/tools/deployer/AbstractEarDeployer.java

[15:36:54 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> but no more...

[15:39:52 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> hmm... don't know. You may want to email Eric D about it if Drew doesn't know

[15:40:28 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> did try checking svn logs… holy cow. it's like the stone age using that thing again (wink)

[15:40:42 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> (smile)

[15:41:55 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> I think it is here https://github.com/Jasig/uportal-maven-plugin

[15:42:06 CDT(-0500)] <jwennmacher> but not sure .. looks right

[15:43:20 CDT(-0500)] <dmccallum54> close