Ugh, sorry, ignore that last useless message.
On Thu, 19 May 2005, David Jencks wrote:
> I've been rolling an idea around in the back of my mind of having these
> few "attributes" not stored in the gbean data itself but obtained from
> some kind of properties gbean that gets them from a local file. I
> don't have a strong opinion on whether this is likely to work or be a
> good idea.
It's possible. However, what about enabling/disabling SSL, AJP,
IIOP, and stuff like that? Swapping Tomcat/Jetty? Reconfiguring a
database pool with new pool paremeters? Many GBeans are involved, or many
settings -- the local file would get pretty complex and extensive, I
think.
> My main objection to non-xmlbeans based xml configuration code is that
> I'm reasonably sure I will get stuck maintaining it. Based on past
> experience, this is not something I want to do, ever, or ask anyone
> else to do.
I've maintained a lot of SAX and DOM code in my life.
Unfortunately my availability tends to vary over time, but I'm certainly
willing and able.
Aaron
