ikasan

Open Source Enterprise Integration Platform

The Ikasan Enterprise Integration Platform (EIP) addresses the problem domain most commonly known as Enterprise Application Integration (EAI).

Enterprise application integration can be, and already has been, approached a number of different ways by a number of projects/vendors, both Open Source and closed commercial frameworks.

It is the intention of the Ikasan Enterprise Integration Platform to address this domain as commoditised configurable solutions rather than another development framework.

Contributor Best Practices

1. Ensure logging output from performing mvn clean install is kept to an absolute minimum, as we have a 4MB limit on log output on our ci builds.
2. Ensure the max log level is INFO for all code
3. Likewise hibernate.show_sql should always be false
4. If adding a new component do add a README.md page to explain its configuration and use
5. For each new component ensure this is demonstrated in a sample module / flow.

Using Eclipse

1. Install the latest version of eclipse
2. Launch eclipse and install the m2e plugin, make sure it uses your repo configs (get it from: http://www.eclipse.org/m2e/download/ or install "Maven Integration for Eclipse" from the Eclipse Marketplace)
3. In eclipse preferences Java->Code Style, import the cleanup, templates, and formatter configs in ikasaneip/ikasan-developer/eclipse in the ikasanEIP repository.
4. In eclipse preferences Java->Code Style->Code Templates enable the "Automatically add comments" checkbox to ensure the standard copyright notice gets added at the top of classes.
5. Also in code template under Comments -> Types ensure you add your name to the @author tag
6. In eclipse preferences Java->Editor->Save Actions enable "Additional Actions"
7. Use import on the root pom.xml which will pull in all modules
8. Wait (m2e takes awhile on initial import)