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From: Jonathan Bodner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: FW: (TO SUN: please clarify) Re: ejbCreate( ) - initialize in
stan ce variables
>> Without pools (or
>> their functional equivalents) we cannot talk about scalable servers.
>
>Couldn't the same thing be achieved via reference-counting? If you want to
>have a maximum number of a certain EJB, just check to see if you've created
>that many. If you have, fail the creation of new ones (or wait until the
>number of EJBs falls below a certain threshold). When ejbRemove() is
>invoked (or maybe ejbPassivate()), reduce the reference count.
That is what I meant by "functional equivalents". Besides, by the time you
implement the reference counting/releasing/waiting logic, you have
implemented pooling without the benefit of memory reuse :-)
Imre
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