Yes, Aaron you are correct. My concern is not with the current spec only, but future specs too, perhaps two iterations or even the next down (which seems to be a trend), it may be decided to add the Deployment Manager to the spec. This is the issue I was trying to bring up. Either way is fine.
--- Aaron Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What spec are you talking about? There is no spec > for a verifier > to adhere to. The spec that a deployer could > concievably adhere to says > nothing about verification, or about the specific > representation of > server-specific information. I'm not sure how you > can take these two > components and "strictly adhere to the spec" for > both of them. And for > deployment, it isn't really an option to have a > JSR-88 implementation that > doesn't "strictly adhere to the spec" any more that > we could have a > non-compliant EJB container or web container. > > Aaron > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Labeeb Syed wrote: > > The primary issue I am concerned with is J2EE > compliance. The Deploy > > component should be able to delegate certain > methods to the Verifier > > component without a change in its own behavior. If > we worry about the > > deployment manager later, it will be a lot more > troublesome and cause > > some major confusion in terms of behaviour and > responsibilty of the > > various methods. Do you guys think we can get by > and address such issues > > later on? > > > > Secondly, there seems there will be an inherent > overlapping of > > responsibilities within the components. I have run > into such issues > > before and would like to avoid it altogether if > possible. Sometimes you > > end up re-coding and re-designing the whole > component. Also in the > > future someone else might be going through the > code, it may make it more > > difficult to enhance, test or debug the > components. If we strictly > > adhere to the spec, it will ensure better > maintainability and longevity. > > This my opinion in regards to the two components. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
