All, when a container is disposed it typically invokes the dispose() method of all its disposable components.
If a component has held on to a reference obtained via lookup(), is it safe to release it? If we have the following situation: Component A is contained in Container C. Container C is a child of container P. Thus, A can look up components in P. (Think parent component manager). A obtains a component X via a ComponentManager interface. X is contained in P. C is disposed, and calls A.dispose(). A now releases X. The question: is it guaranteed that X will be released back to P? I would go for a "yes" and if this is not the case, make it part of the contract. /LS
