I agreee that some form of merging of config trees is useful and whether it is done via some sort of new merging Configuration implementation or via some more explicit mechaism then it woulld still be useful. The client still sees a simple configuration tree so there does not need to be any knowledge of backend representation.
However you still didn't answer my queries :) Here are some of them again > > The main reason is there are different > > strategies to > > use when merging consider the following > > > > Source: <a/> > > Default: <a><b/></a> > > > > The result will most likely be equal to the "Default" tree. But > > what happens > > in the following cases > > > > Source: <a><b/></a> > > Default: <a><b/></a> > > > > Do we double the B or replace it? > > > > Source: <a><b x="1"/></a> > > Default: <a><b/></a> > > > > Do we double the B or replace it? > > > > Source: <a><b x="1"/></a> > > Default: <a><b y="2"/></a> > > > > Do we double the B or replace it or merge it? > > > > Source: <a><b x="1"/></a> > > Default: <a><b x="2" y="2"/></a> > > > > Do we double the B or replace it or merge it? > > > > etc. > > > > Mergin attributes is simple and well understood but the ability > > of merging > > trees is less so - which is why we should keep it in a utility method and > > keep that in excalibur until we are more certain of it. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > > > Pete > > > > -------------------------------- > > My opinions may have changed, > > but not the fact that I am right > > -------------------------------- > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Cheers, Pete ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | I thought there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. | | There's a knob called "brightness", but it doesn't work. | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
