Re: [Embedlets-dev] Embedlet integration with JXTA

[Ted K. <tk...@ya...>]

Chris wrote:

> What steps do you see to get Embedlets/Outpost connected with JXTA. I am
> assuming that a JAPL wrapper would provide the necessary bridge.

There are a number of possibilities here and it is going to take some deep
thinking to get it right I think.

The nice thing, though, is that at this point in time the JackNet Appliance
Controller application is only using a small JAPL class to allow it to control
the box and this will give us the time needed to properly work out the
Embedlets/JXTA integration.

Another thing that I think is going to help is that we are finally going to
have some users who are going to help drive our development efforts.  It has
been kind of tough developing the Embedlets code base without having some
concrete applications to help guide the design decisions but it looks like this
is about to change.


Also, I know I promised to start a discussion on the persistence issue but
until I get to a point where I am actually applying Embedlets to something
concrete, I am finding that I just can't get myself to think clearly about it
yet.

The follow-on device to the JackNet Appliance Controller looks like it is going
to be a 'jack directly into the net' TSTIK/muvium unit and this one will
definitely be Embedlets based so I should be ready to dig deep into the
Embedlets code base again at that time.


But for now, I am scrambling to line up the manufacturing capacity to produce a
significant number of the beta JackNet appliance controllers and this should
keep me quite busy through the month of November.



Ted

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