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RE: Can I state what my proxylet requires?

2001-11-27 10:09:46



-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Walker [mailto:andrew(_dot_)walker(_at_)thundercrack(_dot_)com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:35 PM
To: patrik(_at_)lokomo(_dot_)com; ietf-openproxy(_at_)imc(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: Can I state what my proxylet requires?


On Tuesday 27 Nov 2001 2:28 pm, Patrik Johansson wrote:
Assuming there will be atlest 2 different proxylet
service-plugin APIs, is
there a way in the OPES model for me to state what lib(s)
my proxylet
requires to run?

/Patrik
Not that I've seen distributed.

There needs to be an extension of OMML to include the
relevant information
like what libraries are required, and how to install
libraries from the

I agree. I expected something in addition to the 'exec-environment' element
in OMML.

service bundle on deployment. Alternatively the proxylet
bundle could include
a seperate xml descriptor explaining what it contains, and
how to use it.

You are thinking about something similiar to a Java WAR file?


Did you have any more thoughts on descriptive API bindings so
that the opes
device could marshall requests to services that don't have to
adhere to
strict API's? This is another potential OMML extension - how
to bind to the
service.

Yes I guess it could be another OMML extension.


Andy




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