writing components

[normanb]

Hi,

I would like to write a new component, but don't know where to start? :-) Can anyone point me to some relevant documentation.

This component would use an external jar (which will need to be pulled down by the client), to effectively give an interactive communication with the server? The external jar will implement a custom server protocol not supported by Lazlo.

Any ideas? I am quite happy writing java code, but will want the component to be available via the XML scripting language.

Many thanks,

Norman

[ilanToren]

Could you be a bit more specific about what you want to do. Wouldn't the natural method of communication be via javascript or are you proposing something like a jws opening up a port on the host machine? It could be done, but....

There might be a niche for external code to act as a cache for data requests. My experience with the loading data into a tree seems to point to a weakness in openlaszlo. When the tree loads the browser needs lots of memory (100M+).

Isn't this like a plugin for a plugin though? (an attempt at humor).