Its actually the MediatorFactory etc
but I see your point.
Paul
On 8/2/07, Glen Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Btw, this is easier if Mediator and other plugin interfaces simply
> extend the Provider marker interface....
>
> --Glen
>
> Paul Fremantle wrote:
> > +1 from me. I think it would be a bit easier to keep track of, and
> > we'd end up with one set of code, not three. Let me take a look at
> > implementing this.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > On 8/2/07, Glen Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi Paul:
> >>
> >> Paul Fremantle wrote:
> >>> Since I added the Startup model we now have 4 different uses of the
> >>> J2SE ServiceProvider code.
> >>> [...]
> >>> However, I'm also wondering if there is a way we can simplify all
> >>> these examples into one. Obviously if we had Java1.5 we could use
> >>> Generics for this, but we dont!
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas?
> >> One idea would be to use a single "Provider" marker interface for any
> >> class that's a Synapse plugin of any kind. Then your
> >> Service.providers() call looks up that interface, and all we do when we
> >> find one is ensure that the class is loaded (this may already happen
> >> inside sun.misc.Service in fact, I'm not sure). Then you leave it up to
> >> each plugin to handle registration by doing something like:
> >>
> >> class MyMediator implements Mediator, Provider {
> >> static {
> >> MediatorFactory.register(MyMediator.class);
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> Pro: unifies interface, simplifies our code, static initializers don't
> >> strictly require service provider pattern.
> >>
> >> Con: requires plugin authors to call the correct registration API.
> >>
> >> I don't know if this kind of approach is worth it, but it did pop to mind.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> --Glen
> >>
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