11.7. Using Wrapper Scripts

Ultimately, JBoss ON CLI scripts are regular JavaScript files. For simplicity or ease of programming, you may write a number of different scripts, each performing a different task or for a different resource type.

This collection of scripts can be controlled through wrapper scripts. Using simple shell scripts can make running the JBoss ON CLI scripts more user-friendly (by providing a nicer interface) or it can make it easier to pass variables to manage specific resources.

There is a simplistic example of using a wrapper script in Chapter 18, Example: Managing Grouped Servers (JBoss EAP 5).