On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 07:55, Charles Yates wrote: > 1) Are there any format differences in the config files (xconf and > roles)
yep. Best just to look at examples for differences. > 2) ServiceManager.lookup() returns a Proxy object. This is causing me > problems if I want to cast this object. Is there some way around this not at this stage. > and if not, maybe someone could explain the rational for this. Maybe > I'm committing a design faux pas. The idea is that you only use the "work interface" of a component in clients. And if you want to use some functionality elsewhere you make it part of work interface > 3) also, if Component is being deprecated, why does this Proxy object > automagically implement Component? Backwards compatability so that all the components don't have to implement Component but can still be passed into ComponentManagers -- Cheers, Peter Donald ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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]>