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Build an Apache Geronimo plug-in

Speed development using the Geronimo Eclipse plug-in

Michael Galpin (mike.sr@gmail.com), Developer, Adomo, Inc.
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Michael Galpin has been developing Java software professionally since 1998. He holds a degree in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology and currently works at Adomo, Inc.

Summary:  Packaging your application as an Apache Geronimo plug-in makes it easy for other Geronimo users to install and use your application. In this tutorial, learn how to use Geronimo's plug-in system to package and distribute your application by building and testing a simple Web application, packaging it, and distributing it as a Geronimo plug-in.

Date:  01 May 2007
Level:  Intermediate
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Before you start

This tutorial is for Java™ developers who want to learn about Apache Geronimo's plug-in feature. You'll see how easy it is to not only install a Geronimo plug-in, but also to build your own.

About this tutorial

Plug-ins have become a fixture in the world of software. They allow developers to deliver specialized features while working on top of an established platform. This paradigm has been brought to the world of application servers by the Apache Geronimo application server. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a plug-in by creating a simple Web application and then exporting it as a Geronimo plug-in.

Prerequisites

This tutorial demonstrates how to build a simple Java Web application, so you should be familiar with Java servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP), and Java Tag Libraries. Everything here is built on Geronimo 1.1, so familiarity with Geronimo — especially its console application — is helpful too.

System requirements

You need the following tools to follow along with this tutorial:

  • Geronimo 1.1 with Tomcat — The Web application in this tutorial was built using Geronimo with Tomcat. It should also work with Geronimo with Jetty, as everything is standard Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE). Everything should also work fine with Geronimo 2.0.
  • Java 5 or Java 6 — The Web application in this tutorial uses generics and annotations. It was developed using Java 6 but also tested against Java 5.
  • Apache Jakarta implementation of Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) 1.1 — Geronimo 1.1 is a certified Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 implementation, so you'll want to use JSTL 1.1.
  • RSSUtil — This an open source library for working with RSS feeds provided by Sun Microsystems.
  • Eclipse — The sample Web application is built using Eclipse, as you'll see from the screen captures.
  • Eclipse Web Tools Project (WTP) plug-in — What would a tutorial about plug-ins be if it didn't use plug-ins? The WTP plug-in is used to build the sample Web application. Again, this isn't a requirement; it just makes things a little easier. The WTP plug-in requires a couple of other plug-ins, but those can be downloaded and installed as part of the WTP installation.
  • Eclipse Geronimo plug-in — This is a plug-in that makes the WTP plug-in aware of Geronimo-specific features.

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