Your absolutely right. That would fix it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Berin Loritsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Avalon Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:05 AM Subject: Re: Startable doesn't has a isRunning() interface ?
> Jonathan Hawkes wrote: > > > In the current specification, it is fairly straightforward to implement an > > Avalon container. When would you suggest the container poll this new > > isRunning method? It would be preferable to have the component notify the > > container if it shut itself down. However, then you run the risk of > > perverting IOC. > > Not necessarily. As an example, I will use Swing components. Each Swing > component has a number of listeners available for it. The Swing component > doesn't know or care what objects are listening, all it does is send events > to the listener. > > Therefore, if the component has an add/remove RuntimeListener or some such > animal, the container could register itself as a listener and receive a > RuntimeEvent for each change in state. Alternatively, it might register a > controlled part of itself for that purpose. > > The thing is that the IOC is not inverted, and proper separation is still > maintained. > > It works, but the whole Listener maintenance code can be a PITA to force > component writers to implement. For that purpose an Abstract Class would > be helpful. > > -- > > "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
