[WDSCI-L] Re: Installing a web change (was: importing a rpg orsqlrpg)

["Mark Phippard" <MarkP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Thanks for the white paper, will give a read when I get a chance.

> Static compilers (such as CRTJVAPGM) benefit greatly from  JAR files 
while JIT compilers do not.

I agree entirely that CRTJVAPGM should benefit from JAR's, but you can't 
realistically use CRTJVAPGM with WebSphere apps.

> Okay, I understand your situation.  I don't use Struts because I have my 
own
> controller layer which is completely UI independent, as well as 
completely
> dynamic.

We are not really in disagreement.  Your layer is basically a Struts-type 
component (Struts comes in JAR's).  The difference is that your controller 
later is making use of RPG code for the model layer (great!) where as with 
Struts I have to write these small Java classes to access my model layer.

Getting back to the original question, if I remember it.  I would assume 
that you would have a Java project somewhere where you are developing 
PSC/400.  The result of that project would be JAR files that would need to 
be stored in the WEB-INF/lib folder.  Yes, you would have to do that 
manually, but PSC/400 is probably at a maturity point where you are not 
doing that 10 times a day.  And if you do, WSAD 5.x lets you setup a web 
project that uses that project as a "library" so that you do not have to 
go through the export process.  Once it "stabilizes" again you just go 
back to a JAR file.  This is what we did with our model layer while we 
were actively developing it.  Now that it is stable, we just update the 
JAR file when we need something.

Mark