On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
I don't have all the details yet, but the container API will be extended as needed to fit our needs. For now I am thinking that all cases where we need to access objects by name, will be delegated to Configuration and other objects outside container. The container may store maps of all names, and Configuration will be a frontend to read from those maps.
I should also mention that I am not fully clear yet about a separation between the "container services" and "model objects" defined in the XML project. Certain things (such as JGroups configuration) do not belong in the project and should be re-classified as container services. DataDomain / DataNodes are somewhat in the middle. Their structure is defined by the user, but Cayenne injects all services they need to operate.
Will need to play with it a bit more, but the direction is to keep the environment agnostic model (DataMap) separate from environment- specific stuff (access stack). Modeling access stack in the modeler is a nice shortcut to get people started, but doesn't address JEE environment complexity well.
Andrus
