Hal - I downloaded MachII and have so far been very impressed with what I have seen.
I do have a question about views. Currently, MachII does not support a common layout feature or the ability to nest layouts such as developers have seen in Fusebox. Is there any plan to support this within the framework, or will developers be forced to roll their own if they want this kind of functionality? M -----Original Message----- From: Hal Helms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Mach II Neil, Right now, the docs are pretty much non-existent, so there's no surprise that you're having trouble grasping it. I've been working on sample apps for the last few days, so we'll have some up within a couple of weeks at most. After that, we'll work on docs. Here's a really brief rundown on Mach-II. The idea behind implicit invocation is that individual components in the system aren't determined until runtime. The framework creates the structure of an "event" (things like "UserRegistered" or "BetPlaced") and then checks an XML config file to see who has asked to be notified about the current event. A reference to the event, including any variables associated with that event, is passed to the listener. Listeners can raise new events that other listeners respond to, etc. The big deal with implicit invocation (the "II" in Mach-II) is that components can be very loosely coupled, allowing for much easier reuse and, maybe more importantly, much easier maintenance. Mach-II implements the Model-View-Controller pattern, in which the framework itself is the controller while model and view functions are separated. BTW, an event can notify a listener (typically in the model) or specify a view, or both. Let me get back to finishing a "Roulette Table" sample app so that you can see what I'm talking about. Hal Helms "Java for CF Programmers" class in Las Vegas, August 18-22 www.halhelms.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
