3. Nuxeo
A leading open source software vendor, which
develops a complete Enterprise Content
Management (ECM) software platform.
● Nuxeo Enterprise Platform – an open source
platform to build ECM applications.
● Products based on Nuxeo EP may be deployed
in several flavors:
● EAR, WAR, RCP or standalone applications.
4. Nuxeo EP - Requirements
● Applications are made from components.
● Be able to assemble new applications from specific
set of components.
● Be able to add / remove components into an
(optionally running) application.
● Be able to deploy and run modules in any OSGi
framework.
● Provide an extension mechanism for
components.
6. Embedding GlassFish - Why?
● Why Embedding An Application Server?
● Light packaging for enterprise applications.
● Leverage JEE features in standalone applications.
● Powerful component model through HK2
● HK2 is the foundation for GlassFish v3.
● OSGi compatible modules.
● Dependency Injection.
● Lazy Loading – very fast startup time.
● Very easy to embed.
8. WebEngine – What Is?
A framework to build RESTful Web Applications
on top of the Nuxeo Platform.
● Features
● Built on top of JAX-RS model.
● Content Management through Nuxeo Platform
● Full Groovy scripting support
● Hot Deploy of Web Modules.
● Flexible Template Model - based on Freemarker
● Embeds GlassFish v3 as an OSGi bundle.
9. WebEngine – What Is?
● A platform to build any kind of content oriented
Web Applications including
● Content oriented Web sites or REST applications.
● Rich front ends based on AJAX frameworks like
GWT.
● Powerful Object Model
● WebEngine Objects are JAX-RS resources.
● Any HTTP request is resolved against an object.
● Objects can be manipulated through HTTP
methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD etc.
14. What's next?
● Rewriting Nuxeo micro-kernel on top of HK2.
● HK2 fulfills all the requirements as the foundation
for Nuxeo EP.
● HK2 provides dependency injection and other cool
features.
● Contribute to HK2 an extension point
mechanism.
● Use GlassFish as the default application server
for the Nuxeo EP EAR deployment.