> From: Peter Donald [mailto:peter@;apache.org] > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:47, Peter Royal wrote: > > Cocoon (arguably the largest public ECM consumer we have) > allows users > > to add custom components via its xconf file. With the current > > structure, one can add a component of a new role without needing to > > make a custom roles file. Yes, anyone adding any sizable amount of > > components will create a roles file for them, simple users may not. > > > > This may not be an issue by the time Cocoon is ready for a new > > embeddable container. Especially if we can package a > component as a JAR > > and have a special directory or such that is read and basically > > creating the role automatically.. but that's for the future. > > okay. > > BTW one thing that someone has asked me to do (though I no > agree yet) is to > make a ECMContainer for Fortress. This container would > essentially provide an > interface identical to ECM (same config files and > autodiscover handlers). Any > comments on this? Good idea/bad idea/hard idea? It **looks** > like something > easy to do atm but ...
It is easy to do. There is also the cross config package that should bridge the gaps dynamically. It is Excalibur XFC. If that solve the problem (i.e. can be used at runtime), then there really isn't a need for YAC (yet another container). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:avalon-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:avalon-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
