[libvirt] Re: Libvir-list Digest, Vol 32, Issue 7

[Tóth István]

I took at a look at that code.

The JNI code is basically unchanged from the 0.1 version.

The interesting part is the code is for handling the XML structures used 
by libvirt.

You can see how Daniel Schweger's added functionality is meant to be 
used in the srtc/testclient/org/libvirt/TestXen.java file.


The way I imagined the java-libvirt architecture is that there is a 
lower 'core' level, which is basically a function-for function 
equivalent of the C libvirt functionality, with the bare minimum of 
object-orientedness thrown in to pass for a proper java library (the 
current libvirt in CVS)

Plus, there should/can be anotherl API, that exposes the XML files as 
java objects with get/set functions, etc. (It's in the  
org.libvirt.schema package in Daniel Schweger's code)

Optionally, there could be higher level API that uses the core and XML 
api, and provides a really clean java-style object model, but IO haven't 
given it much thought yet.

I think these two or three layers should be clearly demarcated, maybe 
even shipped as separate packages, becuse anything that layers on more 
functionaity that what the current cvs provides represents  design 
decisions that are not inherent to libvirt.
One may not want to use the XML technology/object model/whatever that 
libvirt-java ships, but rather add their own XML handling stuff/ higher 
level abstractions on top of the core libvirt bindings.  (for example, 
Daniel Schweger's code uses XMLBeans, my original idea was to use JAXB 
for the same purpose).

BTW I am working on adding the core bindings for the storage stuff, but 
don't expect anything soon, as my day job is currently eating all my time.

regards
István

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> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:29:04 -0400
> From: Daniel Veillard <veillard at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [libvirt] AW: beta libvirt-java port uploaded
> To: Daniel Schwager <Daniel.Schwager at dtnet.de>
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> On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 12:10:40PM +0200, Daniel Schwager wrote:
>   
>> Cool - there's an "official" port...
>> 	http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.libvirt/7118
>>
>> sorry for my last port, i didn't watch this list in the last time ..
>>     
>
>   BTW there is a new one 0.1.2 with better portability and JPackage
> compatibility.
>   I must admit i'm a bit lost by all the code in your tarball, 
> there are changes to libvirt-java, even in code already included in
> 0.1.0 , and a lot of subtrees which seems only loosely coupled to 
> libvirt.
>   What are the diffs which should be applied to the cirrent 0.1.2 
> code base ? and what specifically should be added in libvirt-java
> CVS. The Beans support seems one of them (but i have no idea how
> it's supposed to be used).
>   A bit of explanations would go a long way ;-)
>
> Daniel
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