> From what I understand you are proposing an architecture > based on MINA. Currently JAMES is built on Avalon 4.0 server > frame work. I have designed the protocol handler framework in > such a that it can be ported to MINA as well. > > The IN protocol framework expects the following 3 things from > the underlying server kernel > > ProtocolHandler to be run as separate thread > Socket object is passed to it > A mechanism to read the XML config file > > In future if JAMES migrates to MINA architecture, I think > James.java can be modified and no change need be done to the > protocol handler framework that I am proposing.
You are comparing MINA to Phoenix. I think a more appropriate comparison would be "your Protocolo Handler Framework" against "MINA". MINA is a network handling framework and not a container. MINA will support integration with few containers in future (Spring, OSGi). IMHO most of your proposal is really similar to what MINA already do. I think that you could look better to Mina and talk with Mike Heath that was developing an SMTP implementation over Mina. (search for "Mina based SMTP handler" in the archives): this probably will make your work easier and it would be good for the Apache community to share common libraries. E.g: if we use Mina we will get JMX for the protocol handlers for free as soon as they implement it (already in roadmap for Mina 1.1). Stefano --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
