Date: 2004-01-09T11:48:41 Editor: 160.33.82.119 <> Wiki: Apache Avalon Wiki Page: WhichContainer URL: http://wiki.apache.org/avalon/WhichContainer
added basic overview from FAQ -farra Change Log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ A common question amongst new Avalon users is "Which container should I use?" or "What's the difference between Fortress, Phoenix, and Merlin?" This section of the wiki has been set aside to help answer these questions. For a more verbose history of where the containers came from, see the ContainerStory. == Short Introduction to Each Container == + * '''Phoenix''''s strong point are server-like applications. That is, if you want to build a web server, and FTP server, a new EJB container, a chat server, and so on, you may want to try Phoenix. It's stable and there are plenty of existing Phoenix blocks (applications) you can use as starting points. That said, you can also use Phoenix in standalone swing applications, but that's often easier to do with Fortress. + * '''Fortress''' is a light-weight fully-compliant Avalon 4 container. It's often called 'embeddable' partly because it doesn't come with its own bootstrapper. That is, you'll need to write your own 'main' class to start the container. The advantage is that you can easily start it up in just about any environment -- servlets, swing apps, command line apps, etc. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Phoenix or Merlin, but it's solid and easy to use. Fortress also replaces the older Excalibur Component Manager, so if you have legacy code using ECM, check out Fortress. + * '''Merlin''' is the latest and greatest and where a lot of the current action is. Version 3.0 can be downloaded from the standard Avalon download section and there are release candidates available of newer versions which have a number of advanced features you might find hard to live without. Certain Avalon developers will tell you that you shouldn't bother with anything else ;) , but there's plenty of documentation and several small tutorials available for you to make your own decision. + +''please see the ["AvalonContainerFAQ"] for more information'' == Meta-Info and Meta-Data == --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
