True.  I was more asking about how someone would access the Security
component.  Without the existing Services framework, how would one get
the component?  Perhaps the Turbine servlet would serve as a fascade to
the container for the sole purpose of getting instance of the component
and releasing them?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Diephouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Turbine, Fulcrum, and Avalon
> 
> 
> I believe the Composable/ServiceManager interfaces should be used.
> 
> - Dan
> 
> Quinton McCombs wrote:
> > How are you providing access to components/services?
> > 
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Dan Diephouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 8:02 PM
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Subject: Re: Turbine, Fulcrum, and Avalon
> >>
> >>
> >>One other thing.  Everyone is in for a rude awakening on how much
> >>Fulcrum depends of TurbineServices and TurbineXXX being around.
> >>
> >>For example, the Group class in Intake:
> >>
> >>    TurbineIntake.getGroup(name).init(oids[i], pp)
> >>
> >>or the Intake class itself:
> >>
> >>    String inputKey = TurbineIntake.getGroupKey(groupName)
> >>
> >>or DefaultParameterParser:
> >>
> >>    ArrayList items = TurbineUpload.parseRequest(req);
> >>
> >>or TurbineAccessControlList:
> >>
> >>    return getRoles(TurbineSecurity.getGlobalGroup());
> >>
> >>hopefully you get the idea.
> >>
> >>- Dan
> >>
> >>Dan Diephouse wrote:
> >>
> >>>Quinton et al,
> >>>
> >>>I've already started the avalonization.  I'm converting the rest of
> >>>the
> >>>services and doing away with TurbineServices.  I'm like 
> >>
> >>30-40% done.  I
> >>
> >>>need to still write tests to test all the components and finish
> >>>converting a component or two.  It should be done in a few 
> >>
> >>days.  I need
> >>
> >>>to be able to use it in other containers besides ECM (ie:
> >>
> >>Plexus which
> >>
> >>>Jason is working on) along side my own components.
> >>>
> >>>For the moment I'm using a seperate Torque properties file 
> until the 
> >>>Torque people get their thing going with avalon's
> >>
> >>configuration or some
> >>
> >>>other solution is worked out.  However, the rest of the
> >>
> >>properties are
> >>
> >>>going to be in the XML file.  A properties to XML converter
> >>
> >>needs to be
> >>
> >>>written yet.  Maybe someone could start?  I won't get
> >>
> >>around to it for a
> >>
> >>>couple days.
> >>>
> >>>- Dan
> >>>
> >>>Quinton McCombs wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I would like to propose that we drop stop using the
> >>
> >>strutum lifecyle
> >>
> >>>>interfaces altogether in favor of Avalon's interfaces.  Right now
> >>>>Turbine only using the component loader (Stratum based) 
> >>
> >>for loading
> >>
> >>>>Torque and Fulcrum.  To replace this, we should use ECM
> >>
> >>for loading
> >>
> >>>>of Torque and Fulcrum.
> >>>>
> >>>>Torque would need to implement Avalon's lifecycle
> >>
> >>interfaces instead
> >>
> >>>>of Stratum's.  A separate message was just posted to the
> >>
> >>torque-dev
> >>
> >>>>about this.
> >>>>
> >>>>Turbine's core services could also be loaded as components.  This
> >>>>would virtually do away with the current service loading 
> >>
> >>scheme.  All
> >>
> >>>>of the current logic in TurbineServices (and all related service
> >>>>management
> >>>>code) would be handled by ECM (Avalon's component manager).
> >>>>
> >>>>Fulcrum currently has it's own ECM that is used load load it's
> >>>>services. This can still remain in place.  When a service 
> >>
> >>is loaded
> >>
> >>>>from within Turbine, the request would go to Turbine's instance of
> >>>>the ECM.  If there is no component loaded with Turbine's ECM that 
> >>>>matched the role, the request would be passed to Fulcrum's ECM.
> >>>>
> >>>>I think that this can be done without affecting the way
> >>
> >>that services
> >>
> >>>>are used within Turbine.  We can still keep the abstract
> >>
> >>classes with
> >>
> >>>>static methods that we have in place right now.  They will simply
> >>>>pass the request to obtain a reference to the service to 
> Turbine's 
> >>>>ECM. Since all of our current services are thread safe, 
> >>
> >>there is no
> >>
> >>>>need to pass the component back to the ECM after each use.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>The next issue is that of logging.  Although ECM 4.1 will not make
> >>>>use of log4j, the latest development version does appear 
> >>
> >>to do so.  I
> >>
> >>>>have played around with this a little but I don't have
> >>
> >>that working yet.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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