[ecf-dev] ECF status -- discovery

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

Rather than send out a long note about all parts of ECF, I'm going to 
send out several relatively short notes about the various parts of ECF.

This one is about discovery.  A couple of things:

1) For Markus:  I forgot to mention during the call today that I have 
updated/added to the test code in org.eclipse.ecf.tests.discovery to 
make them complete.  Now all test methods are complete (in 
DiscoveryTest), and the zeroconf provider passes all tests.

2) I've been thinking that perhaps we could add some utility classes or 
even perhaps extension points to make use of the discovery even easier.  
e.g. perhaps adding something analogous to an OSGi ServiceTracker...that 
allows some filtering/matching of properties and/or serviceid associated 
with a given discovered service (via IServiceInfo).  This is just a 
thought.  Although fairly simple now, there might be ways to make it easier.

3) Markus and I spoke during today's conference call about possibly 
adding to the discovery service browser view an extension point that 
allowed other plugins to register themselves as interested in certain 
types of services...and then being able to insert actions that the user 
can/could invoke...e.g. invoke service.  This would make it very easy to 
test services published via the discovery API.

4) I would like to persue some demo applications for EclipseCon that 
use/show the discovery API.  Some initial thoughts:
a) Use the discovery view to discover and then invoke iTunes remote 
control (iTunes has a remote control interface that is exposed via 
zeroconf).  This might make kind of a cool demo...running iTunes via 
Eclipse.
b) Putting together the discovery API, SLP provider, and the r-OSGi 
provider for the ECF remote services API.  Perhaps an Equinox server 
and/or an eRCP device interacting via discovery/remote services.
c) Discovering and accessing some Eclipse-based services...e.g. 
PlatformAdmin (to diagnose and fix bundle installation problems), update 
manager (e.g. to discover lan-based update sites and present them in 
(e.g.) the list of available remote sites in update.
d) setup discovery of p2 meta-data and artifact repositories
e) others?

Please comment/contribute to any of the above.

OK, more to come over next several days about Shared Editing, VOIP, 
pending UI work, Mylyn integration, SCP, Skype mac support, p2 progress, 
integration with JAAS security, etc.

Scott