This project is definitely of interest to me as my employer does Saas via 
multi-tenancy (in our case multi-tenacny means all the clients share the same 
code deployment, not the way it is described at wikipedia).

Ralph

On Jul 14, 2010, at 1:37 AM, Grégoire Rolland wrote:

> Hi Otis and all others,
> 
> I will list here current and planned functionality of jSpirit.
> 
> 
> * Architecture
> --------------------------------------------
>    - Multi-tiered Architecture out-of-the-box : Implementation of Integration 
> Layer, Business Layer, Client Layer
>    - Java 5 annotation and auto-injection based lookup of services
>    - Classpath scanning for auto-discovering components
>    - Modular and plugable architecture : automatic activation of modules in 
> the classpath, ready for seamless integration
>    - Implementation of Long-Conversation pattern, with JTA 2PC support (with 
> Geronimo Transaction Manager), and implicit demarcation (explicit demarcation 
> is always possible)
>    - [in progress] AOP interceptor on top of each layer
> 
> * Integration Layer
> --------------------------------------------
>    - Implementation of abstract integration services and abstract persister 
> based on JPA technology
>    - Maven plugins for code generation of integration layer from xml 
> description of component business model : generate persistent class, access 
> services, queries, constraints, JPA annotation, lucene indexation of business 
> model
>    - bean validation integration
>    - Full Multi-tenancy integration on EntityManager and Caches
>    - Multi-tenant Postgresql support
>    - [Planned] Maven Plugin for code generation supporting Apache Cassandra 
> without interface modification
> 
> * Business Layer
> --------------------------------------------
>    - Implementation of abstract business services and infrastructure
>    - Annotation discovering and injection of dependents services
>    - Multi-tenant replacement of services at runtime
>    - Simple Asynchronous and distributed business services with Apache 
> ActiveMQ : this is annotation driven
> 
> * Client Layer
> --------------------------------------------
>    - JSF 2.0 predefined integration
>    - Abstract Managed Bean for simple developpement of list and forms
>    - Integration of restful url for JSF 2
>    - Multi-tenant interceptor for determining tenant context based on full 
> qualified domain name
>    - [Planned] Make others interceptor based on other methods
> 
> * Scheduling
> --------------------------------------------
>    - Distributed and load adaptative voting peer-to-peer scheduler
>    - voting task execution with Condorcet Method
>    - [Planned] support others algorithms for scheduling
> 
> * Security
> --------------------------------------------
>    - Simple security integration : form login, http basic security
>    - Multi-tenant support for authentications and authorizations
>    - peer-to-peer sessions id replications for support max session per user 
> in a cluster
>    - Regexp filters on urls
>    - [Planned] Services Access Authorization
>    - JSF function and bean to manage security on pages
> 
> * i18n
> --------------------------------------------
>    - Full i18n support
>    - Multi-tenacy i18n : overriding label per tenant
>    - JSF function for accessing labels and locale
>    - JSF bean for controlling user locale on web page
> 
> *Data Import/Export
> --------------------------------------------
>    - XML data importer/exporter customizable by tenant with scripting services
>    - ready for "open-SaaS" to guarantee application users data integration 
> and recuperation
> 
> * Web Services
> -------------------------------------------
>    - Simple export of business services to Soap Web Services with Apache CXF
>    - [in progress] REstfull web services with Apache Abdera integration (and 
> XStream)
>    - Atom 1.0 support with Apache Abdera (only GET method now)
> 
> * Search
> -------------------------------------------
>   - Indexation of data model
>   - Simple Query interface for searching in the data model
>   - Multi-tenant support of the Lucene Indexes
> 
> * JCR
> -------------------------------------------
>    - Multi-tenant integration of Apache JackRabbit : workspaces based
>    - Implementation of injectable service for JackRabbit access
>    - JTA transaction participation
> 
> * Mail
> ------------------------------------------
>   - Injectable mail services out-of-box
> 
> * Reporting
> ------------------------------------------
>    - Report module on top of the business layer
>    - based on Castor XML and Apache FOP
>    - Pluggable Reporting Provider architecture
>    - Multi-tenant report replacement at runtime
> 
> * Tools
> --------------------------------------------
>    - Set of Maven archetype mapped on architecture to create one project by 
> layer
>    - [planned] eclipse plugins for MDA enablement, XML schema recognition, 
> ....
> 
> * Planned functionnality
> --------------------------------------------
>    - Integration of Business Rules Engine with multi-tenancy
>    - Integration of BPM/Workflow Engine with multi-tenancy
>    - Simple Cloud deployement
> 
> et voilà ...
> 
> I hope it could interest you !
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Grégoire
> 
> 
> 
> On 13/07/2010 23:31, Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
>> Grégoire,
>> 
>> Could you please point us/me to some information about jSpirit funcitonality
>> that is SaaS-specific?
>> Understanding that may help people figure out what jSpirit brings and does.
>> For example, if I use jSpirit, which SaaS-specific functionality does a
>> developer not have to develop?  What functionality comes out of the box? etc.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Otis
>> ----
>> Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch
>> Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----
>>   
>>> From: Grégoire Rolland<grolland.jspi...@gmail.com>
>>> To: general@incubator.apache.org
>>> Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 4:11:52 AM
>>> Subject: New project proposal
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I'm the project leader of an open-source project called  jSpirit.
>>> 
>>> The goal of the project is to create an open-source platform to  develop
>>> efficiently enterprise class lightweight J2EE application for SaaS with
>>> Multi-tenant support. The code is available here
>>> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jspirit/). The platform focuses on the
>>> technical aspect of SaaS and Multi-tenant.
>>> 
>>> I would my project to pretend  becoming an Apache Incubator project, and I 
>>> need
>>> help to do this. I think this  kind of platform could interest a large
>>> community. The goals are to provide  open-source application stack (focuses 
>>> on
>>> apache project), tools to develop  efficiently, an architectural model for
>>> enterprise class application, methods  for project management, and an
>>> integration framework for "rescuing" application  developper from J2EE and
>>> multi-tenant complexity.
>>> 
>>> The project is already  used by a french company as a foundation of her ERP
>>> (Husson Ingenierie, http://husson-info.fr), it's the  base of the community 
>>> yet.
>>> I want to develop my professionnal activity around  this project, so it's
>>> perennial project, I think.
>>> 
>>> Is there anyone  intersted by this project ?
>>> 
>>> Best Regards,
>>> 
>>> -- Grégoire  Rolland
>>> Projet *jSpirit*
>>> Tel : (+33) (0) 6 82 77 59 94
>>> mailto:grolland.jspi...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>>     
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