So which component model will satisfy these prerequisites? Also,
in Appendix A, support for component-level inheritance is cited as
an item for future releases.

>From: Justin Couch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: John Harby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: WHY EJB
>Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 23:26:50 +1000
>
>John Harby wrote:
> >
> > But EJBs are components. If you look at the OO theory involving
> > modeling like UML and processes such as RUP, EJBs fit into their
> > notion of components nicely.
>
>Components are only one part of "OO" (note that Object Oriented as
>itself does not exist. We must have OOA or OOD to be actually
>meaningful). RUP can be applied to non-OO design and analysis, just like
>UML can be. Another part of OOD is about building heirarchical models,
>which EJBs do not allow without a great deal of effort. For example, as
>a rough guess, about 50% of the design patterns could not be used in an
>EJB environment - in particular some of the core patterns of Observer
>and Command are impossible to implement. Both these patterns are core to
>the J2SE design.
>
>--
>Justin Couch                         http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/
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>Author, Java 3D FAQ Maintainer                  http://www.j3d.org/
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