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<faqs title="Frequently Asked Questions" toplink="false">
<part id="sdk">
<title>General</title>
<faq id="sdk-examples">
<question>Where can I find examples for using Wink?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Wink distributions comes bundled with several examples ilustarting how to use the server and client. <br/>
All the examples are located in the <code>Wink/examples</code> directory of the distribution zip.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="sdk-spring">
<question>Does Wink have an integration with spring? Can I expose my REST services using Spring Remoting?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Yes, it provides an extension module with the Spring integration.
However, Wink doesn't use Spring Remoting.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="sdk-struts">
<question>Is there an integration with Struts?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Wink does not have an integration with struts.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="sdk-struts-usage">
<question>Can Wink be used in the same WAR with Struts?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Yes, Wink and the code you develop over it can be used inside any WAR.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="sdk-tested-with-other-clients">
<question>Have you tested consuming REST resources developed using Wink from a REST client developed using other tools?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Sure. We have tested it from variety of clients including IE, Firefox, Outlook, Apache Abdera, Sun Rome, etc.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="sdk-query-parameters">
<question>Does Wink query parameters?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Absolutely.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="sdk-ide-plugin">
<question>Are there any plans for developing an IDE plugin wrapper for Wink?</question>
<answer>
<p>
We are considering this option for the Eclipse IDE.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
</part>
<part id="sdk-building">
<title>Building the Apache Wink</title>
<faq id="maven-version">
<question>What version of Maven is used to build Wink?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Wink is built using Maven 2, version 2.0.9.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="maven-sources">
<question>Where can I read about Maven?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Maven site: <a href="http://maven.apache.org">http://maven.apache.org</a><br/>
Maven FAQ: <a href="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/FAQs-1">http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/FAQs-1</a>
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="build-oom">
<question>I am getting an OutOfMemoryException when performing a full build</question>
<answer>
<p>
If you are getting OutOfMemoryException when attempting a full
build, you may try increasing the max heap and the PermGen space sizes.
Either export a MAVEN_OPTS variable in your shell or add it to the original mvn script.
<br/>
<pre>MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m</pre>
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="build-offline">
<question>Can I build the sources if I am not connected to the network?</question>
<answer>
<p>
If you know your downloads are up-to-date, you can use the offline option
which may speed up your build considerably depending on network latency:
<pre>mvn -o</pre>
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="build-tests">
<question>Some tests fail during the build. Where can I see what happened?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Surefire, which is the default Maven test runner, outputs all tests reports
as a set of xml and text files to the <code>target/surefire-reports</code> directory.
Any test failure details and stacktraces end up in those files, but not in the console.
The output can be temporarily redirected to the console by adding the following option:
<pre>mvn -Dsurefire.useFile=false</pre>
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
</part>
</faqs>