Property substitution in web.xml and the Jetty Plugin

Many web applications are configured via web.xml. Primary examples of this are Comet web application, which are configured via a ServletContextAttributeListener: you may want different listener classes depending on the enviroment you’re working in. Another example is where Spring configuration files are provided via the contextConfigLocation context parameter. Here I Read more

GWT 1.6 HostedMode now using Jetty

GWT 1.6 RC is out and a new feature shines: the new HostedMode is based on Jetty. From the release notes: “Although the legacy GWTShell still uses an embedded Tomcat server, the new HostedMode runs Jetty instead. There is also a new “Restart Server” button on the main hosted mode Read more

Cometd + Wicket

First off, I think I like wicket, its a pretty neat framework and it has some pretty solid integration with ajax which is interesting. I have to say though that having spent a lot of time on the whole long polling, ajax push, cometd type of communication approach the whole Read more

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Jetty and OSGI at Eclipse

The last several months have brought a lot oof hangs with the jetty OSGI bits and piecesa of things at eclipse. We have finally standardized the way we distribute our binaries within our various p2 repositories. We have a honest to goodness WTP adaptor for jetty that people can use. Read more

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