Yes, Axis uses JCL just as I wanted. Concerning the discovery things, they are using Commons Discovery [1]. I'm not sure myself what the intent/benefit is behind it but I'm pretty sure we don't have to do the same. For the moment, I think the current approach is quite satisfying. Anyone else want to comment?
[1] http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/discovery/ On 02.04.2004 04:57:45 Glen Mazza wrote: > Actually, what the Axis team did in their code may be > a good example for us. > > They created their own LogFactory class [1], and in > 167 files, such as here [2] and [3], they activate > that LogFactory class with the name of the class where > the logging is occur. > > It appears that they created their own LogFactory to > centralize in one place the exact type of logger that > will be created. Also, they're doing something > security- and "singleton discovery"-related, I'm > unsure of its relevance for us, however--Axis has > requirements quite different from us, of course. Jeremias Maerki
