Gerhard Froehlich wrote:
>>From: Berin Loritsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>
>
> </snip>
>
>>COCOON IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
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>>
>>The ResourceManager should be made Contextualizable so that it can
>>get the needed reference to the HttpContext object. It should be
>>made Configurable so that it can understand how to map protocols to
>>Resource classes. It should work with the Cache system and the
>>Monitor system.
>>
>>If the Resource type is Cacheable, then the ResourceManager will
>>take care of the Cache plumbing. IOW, it will returned the cached
>>Resource (if available), or create the new reference and add it to
>>the cache. Also, if the Resource is used in the caching system,
>>it is added to the Monitor, and the Cache system is passed as the
>>PropertyChangedListener--either that, or a different object that
>>manages the interaction between the two is used.
>>
>
> Why so modestly. I thought the Monitor can be used by every Resource,
> independent if it's Cachable or not. Like the Configuration file(s), etc.
> How about a interface which marks that Resource Monitorable
> (bad name, but you know what I mean), then ResourceManager could decide
> if he puts the Resource to the Monitor or not...
Think in terms of WHAT needs to be done and WHO needs to do it. Let's
say for instance, that the configuration file changed (cocoon.xconf).
It is the CocoonServlet's responsibility to create a new Cocoon instance
with the new configuration file, dispose of the old one, and instantiate
the new one. Cocoon is not Reconfigurable, so it should never reconfigure
itself. This is known as the antipattern Subversion of Control.
Also, a resource only needs to be monitored as long as it is in use.
ProgramGenerator needs to know if any of it's source files have been
altered so that it can recompile the resource and reload it in the
classloader. The Cache system only needs to track something as long
as it is in the cache.
At all other times, the file can be changed a million times, but if
it has never been needed why do we need to consume resources observing
it? That would end up with too many change events being fired with
noone listening.
--
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
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