Leo Simons wrote: > > Carsten Ziegeler wrote: > > Any chance to also add the proposed lookup mechanism using > a Class and > > a key instead of just a String as ServiceManager currently does? > > Doesn't sound like a good idea to rehash the old discussions > once again, but I think all the old arguments (classloader > worries, equals() semantics, whatever, ...) still apply > against that change. The last time we discussed this here, I think to remember that there were more pro than against this :)
> Also, this is a more painful change than > from ComponentManager->ServiceManager, which was painful in > retrospect. Oh no, it is not a change, it is an additional feature. The move from CM->SM was painful because the interfaces use the same method with a different signature. A component wasn't able to implement both and that prevented a smooth migration path! > Guys, I would really really really like to see a big fat > black line drawn between the "old" and the "new". Where big > fat line includes things like a major version change and a > new package name, perhaps even a name change alltogether. There is no "old" and "new" with this specific feature. There is only "current" plus an "additional one". Carsten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
