public interface ToolsDeployment
To deploy the tools simply copy the
tools directory into your deployment. There are no additional settings to
configure.
These tools are, by default, available to anyone and
enable access to all "BuiltinRPCs" and the Filesystem DataSource so they should only be
deployed into a trusted environment. Alternately, the tools can easily be restricted to
administrators or end users by protecting the tools path with normal
authentication and authorization mechanisms on the web server.
More fine-grained access
control can be installed by updating each tool's xxxOperations.jsp file (ex.
tools/adminConsoleOperations.jsp, tools/visualBuilder/vbOperations.jsp). These files are
responsible for enabling builtinRPC and FileSystem DataSource access. Individual BuiltinRPC
methods can be restricted, for example, such that some users are allowed to load screens but
not save any changes. See comments within each file for an example of restricting this access.
See the server-side Javadocs for methods provided by BuiltinRPC.
Note that the tools provides a "live" interface to the provided DataSources. In other words, if a DataSource supports saving and a tool enables editing, real saves will be initiated.