I read the Spring document and AOP crossing-cutting concerns concepts is very similar to Mina's filter.
2007/5/17, mat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
2007/5/17, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > mat a écrit : > > > Can you explain more why Mina needs Spring? > > Mina does not need spring at all. But you can use Spring with Mina if > you want. As trustin said, Spring is just a IoC container > (http://www.springframework.org/) > > > Mina itself is a framework, > > isn't it? > > It is. > > We use it in Apache Directory Server, which itself use Spring to manage > the server configuration, but we can perfectly well get rid of Sping if > needed. Use Spring to manage the server configuration? Is it neccessary? Spring and Mina are two frameworks, one targetting IOC, and the other one dedicated to network handling. Emmanuel > > 2007/5/16, Trustin Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: > >> >> On 5/16/07, mat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Can anyone give me a hint why migrate spring into mina? Is Spring for >> web >> > development? >> >> Well, Spring is basically a IoC (or DI) container. It's not directly >> related with web application development. Of course, it provides many >> bells and whistles which enable rapid web application development, but >> it doesn't mean that Spring container itself is not suitable for MINA >> applications. It can work with virtually any type of applications >> such as a Swing GUI application. >> >> Trustin >> -- >> what we call human nature is actually human habit >> -- >> http://gleamynode.net/ >> -- >> PGP Key ID: 0x0255ECA6 >> >
