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User's looking to use XFire on a new project, should use CXF instead. CXF is a continuation of the XFire project and is considered XFire 2.0. It has many new features, a ton of bug fixes, and is now JAX-WS compliant! XFire will continue to be maintained through bug fix releases, but most development will occur on CXF now. For more information see the XFire/Celtix merge FAQ and the CXF website.
You can run the FEWS system in the background, if this is needed or desirable (see below).
Fews PI Service API
Description of the methods provided by the Fews PI Service API.
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Example of the FewsPiServiceConfig schema file.
Running Delft-FEWS in the background
When you use the PI service it is not necessary to have the main window displayed or anyone
operating the program at all. Under Windows, there is always a monitor, but on Linux machines
this may not be the case, especially with server machines.
To start Delft-FEWS in the background on Linux with no window present, use the following
receipe:
- Start the X virtual framebuffer server, Xvfb
- Set the DISPLAY environment variable to point to that display
- Start FEWS in the background
This way no window will be visible and no monitor will be needed. A small shell script
will take care of the details:
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# Start the Xvfb server using screen "1" (to avoid issues with a possibly running X server)
Xvfb :1
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# Set the DISPLAY environment variable so that FEWS will use the Xvfb server
#
export DISPLAY=:1.0
#
# Start FEWS (standalone or operator client) in the background
#
bin/fews.sh REGION
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