Re: [Springframework-developer] database for demos

[Rod J. <rod...@in...>]

> I just read parts of it and there is a default datasource for HSQLDB
> already set up "java:/DefaultDS".
Good point. I'd forgotten this.

 It also mentions that you can just
> copy configuration files into the "deploy" directory and anything named
> *-service.xml is hot deployed.  That way we could just provide
> configuration files and, using an Ant task, copy them to the deploy
> directory.
Yes, I've used this successfully. Each -service.xml file can contain any
number of separate configurations, e.g. datasource + JMS destinations. I
think it compares well to deployment on other servers.

While I love Orion's startup speed (JBoss has been a bit slow since 3.0
beta) it's always seemed harder to automate deployment. The global XML files
always seem to need new elements.

However, I would still favour Orion of the two--I'd just like to hear if
anyone has managed to use a "just copy these files" approach to Orion, as
opposed to "copy these files and add these elements to this file".

Rod