On Tuesday 04 November 2003 07:10, Farr, Aaron wrote: > Excellent [RT]! I've been meaning to reply to it since Saturday. You hit > a number of things that I and others have been mumbling about on this list > for a while.
Thanks. > > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Container Extensions > > ================ > We have only the beginnings of an extension API in place. Enough to supply > basic needs, but not a real solution. This is another one of those 'needs > to be addressed' issues. I intend to leave this out for the moment. I'm sure we will get back to these, for instance in context of Distributable container. > > Assembled Applications > > ================== > > I have been struggling with the question "Does an Assembled Application > > have its own code?" > This is a really good point. In one of my recent applications, this 'glue' > code was a 'controller' component which was essentially a state machine > that routed messages between other components. Yet in the end, the > controller was definitely a component all of its own. > > In the end I had several smaller projects each with their own src tree (the > various components) and one project with no code, just the 'wiring' > configuration files. I haven't been completely happy with this approach > and would rather have something like this tool your describing (see the > "[RT] My Merlin Wish List" thread I started a while back [1]). I will check this closer. Remember it was a fairly hugely scoped list. Problem is that some unfortunate poor souls have mail clients that breaks the mail threads... > As for packaging specifications, I once started listing all the packaging > forms in Avalon [2], but since then there's a new one for Merlin: ".bar" > Stephen will have to explain this one more, but basically it's a jar'ed > repository. BAR?? British American Racing. Can I introduce a .sf (Scudera Ferrari) as well?? ;o) > I'm really interested in what you're doing and as I finish reading the > email thread, I'll probably have a bit more to say. I'm hoping to get the ball rolling over the next few weeks. But not only am I trying to catch up what has happened in Merlin over the last 2months, but also trying to learn Eclipse (thank God there are fairly good plug-in development support). Cheers Niclas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
