SECTION: 200-General TITLE: Z5 Phoenix QUESTION: How do I use Jetty with Avalon Phoenix? Jetty-Phoenix is an integration of Jetty into the <A href="http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/phoenix/index.html">Phoenix</A> application container. Phoenix is part of the <A href="http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon">Avalon</A> project, which defines an application framework for component based application development, which is similar to EJB but removes much of the limitations imposed by EJB. The port allows the Jetty web server to be used as a service within a Phoenix application. Servelets deployed within Jetty can access other services by retrieving the ServiceManager from the HttpSession by getting the attribute WebServer.SERVICE_MANAGER. This will allow the serlvet to access any services that have been defined for the servlet. The configuration for Jetty is extracted from the services configuration as per Avalon standards. Details of the configuraion options can be found in the Javadoc for the code. <H3>Use</H3> Jetty-Phoenix requires the Jetty libraries, as well as the Phoenix libraries in order to work. A sample ant bui ld script and configuration files are provided to assist in creating applications that work with Jetty-Phoenix. The basic process to install is to place the Jetty and Jetty-Phoenix libraries in the lib path that will be inc luded in the phoenix sar file (sar files are Jar files that are used for installing phoenix applications). Make sure that the web service is defined in the deployment descriptor files, perform the ant install and then foll ow the standard phoenix startup procedure. <H3>Notes</H3> <UL> <LI>At this point in time there is still alot of work to do in order to make full use of the Jetty product, but the port is sufficient to make most applications work. <LI>A Jetty Phoenix bundle is available on the Jetty sourceforge page. The source is being integrated into the Phoenix CVS and the latest version will be found there </UL> <H3>Queries</H3> Any queries about this port can be sent to Howard Henson (hhenson@aosl.co.za)
