How do you make new TaskBeans available to JobServer?
TaskBeans are packages in a JAR format. The JARs are added to the JobServer environment by dropping them into the proper directory. Once added the new TaskBean can be used to create Jobs. • How does JobServer and the TaskBean API promote software reuse? Very much so. The TaskBean API is a powerful way to develop software components that can connected to other components without prior knowledge of each other. • How does JobServer relate to grid computing? While grid computing is an evolving concept with many dimensions, JobServer can be viewed as a tool that can enable some aspects of grid computing. • How does JobServer relate to open source standards and technologies? Overall JobServer itself is not open source, but aspects of it are. The TaskBean API is open source enabling developers to create new components using an open API. Other open source projects like beansoup and jobrunner also support the TaskBean API by providing supporting tools outside of the JobServer product. This insu
