tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080082.post8458246695429823612..comments2023-11-29T08:55:56.402+01:00Comments on Some things to remember: Working on a standalone PluginContainer wrapperHeikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04989356067273734299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080082.post-12013373397060305672009-03-23T20:16:00.000+01:002009-03-23T20:16:00.000+01:00Ask and you shall already receive.It is already po...Ask and you shall already receive.<BR/><BR/>It is already possible to trace agent-server communications!<BR/><BR/>Using some log4j categories and system properties, you can log the comm messages to a file.<BR/><BR/>I even make it easier for you by providing the "debug" prompt command ("help debug" for more info).<BR/><BR/>See this wiki page on how you trace the communications:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="John Mazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415685873835789040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080082.post-73244539215247066272009-03-22T21:25:00.000+01:002009-03-22T21:25:00.000+01:00Jay,yeah, this is a good idea with the validator. ...Jay,<BR/>yeah, this is a good idea with the validator. Perhaps just an option on the shell command line to trigger this.<BR/><BR/>This standalone wrapper does not talk to the server at all as it is really meant as a simple way to invoke the various facet methods.<BR/><BR/>Tracing the communication would perhaps be an option for the real agent - Mazz will be happy to add another configuration Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989356067273734299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080082.post-79721740343901111572009-03-22T16:59:00.000+01:002009-03-22T16:59:00.000+01:00This is a great idea. I'd also suggest (if it's no...This is a great idea. I'd also suggest (if it's not present already) a way of separating out the plugin descriptor validator. Sure, that'll get run when the standalone container is created, but it'd be nice to be able to run it at a much smaller level.<BR/><BR/>What are you plans for the communications with the server? Going to mock those out? It might be handy to write them out to a file for Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01814922414545220833noreply@blogger.com