* Ben Rockwood <benr at cuddletech.com> [2007-09-18 11:11]:
> I'm curious if its possible (speaking in terms of XML semantics) to
> allow an element to defined for a service and then over-riden by a
> later instance.
>
> An example would be to define a method_context within the service
> element, then to create multiple instance, only one of which uses a
> different method_context which would be defined within the instance
> element to effectively "over-ride" the (for lack of a better term)
> global definition.
>
> Based on my testing, as it stands now, anything that will differ
> between instances must be defined within each instance locally and not
> "shared" globally for the service.
Really? You can't get svccfg(1M) to import something like
<service>
<method> method definition 1 </method>
<instance>
</instance>
<instance>
<method> method definition 2 </method>
</instance>
</service>
in a single manifest at present? What's the error message?
> Being able to do this seems more intuitive to me, but maybe isn't good
> style. I'm not sure. Just an idea.
I agree. I know there's an issue with instances of the same service
across multiple manifests (can't do it at present), but I had thought
the single manifest case would work.
- Stephen
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