At 11:03 AM 6/12/2002 -0400, you wrote: >* The ComponentManager (should it be ComponentDirectory?) is used > by a client to gain access to other components.
+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000 The thing that is most confusing about Avalon is that the containers >do things differently--and we need to unify the approach. This is >a _simplification_, not anything more complex. Currently the way >we represent meta-data is all over the place. Fortress/ECM use a >RoleManager, Phoenix uses component info (.xinfo) files, etc. Slowly getting to something capable of representing what we need IMHO. > > > For all its faults, A4 is *easy* to *use*. (Although I > > confess I never ever understood the RoleManager.) > > >Leo, the RoleManager is not a Framework thing--it is used in both >ECM and Fortress. Myrmidon also uses a RoleManager ;) Cheers, Peter Donald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, and proving that there is no need to do so - almost everyone gets busy on the proof." - John Kenneth Galbraith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>