Major Description
As you are aware,currently we are using JSON to add applications into apache stratos. The Application editor will help to generate more complex JSON within few clicks.
When you click on add new application, you can see the "editor view" ,which contains four main sections as follows;
Editor Area
Cartridge and Group Listing
Information
General details
Editor Area: Is used to draw your application. By default application main node is presented on the editor area. Application node contains a small square on the bottom. You may click and drag connections using application node.
Cartridge and Group Listing: You can see all available groups and cartridges on it. If you click on each block you will see the details on the Information section.
If it is a cartridge it will display cartridge information and If it is a group it will display the group tree hierarchy of the particular group.
General details: Will show general information for your application.
How to use
1. You may double click on any cartridge or group in order to bring it to the editor area. The related node will then be shown as follows;
2. Click on the small square in the root application node and drag the connection between the two nodes (all possible connection positions will be highlighted as follows)
3. Once you click on the node, the related information will be displayed on the component section.
4. Enter all necessary information required and click on the update button to save current node data.
You may click on any node to edit previously filled data.
5. Finally, click on "Deploy Application Definition" button.
This will automatically generate any complex level application JSON with less effort. Also we can extend this to create groups and deployment policies as wel.
TODO:
1. Add field validation
2. Node auto-positioning