On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Jean-Sebastien Delfino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ant elder wrote: > > For a few things i've wondered about using intents to configure the > > behaviour of an extension but cant see how to code it without hard > coding > > values. Using TUSCANY-1997 as an example is there some way of saying > > something like <binding.ws requires="lotsOfConnections" /> and have that > map > > to a user configurable value like 10? I can see how to use an intent > named > > "lotsOfConnections" in a definitions.xml file but is there a way to map > a > > value like 10 to that without just hard coding the mapping in the ws > binding > > code? > > Yes, the policy framework allows you to define in definitions.xml a > policySet matching an intent, place in the policySet the desired > configuration in a form understood by the binding code, then that > configuration will be presented to your binding. > > For a scenario like "configure lots of connections on a reference with > binding.ws", there is a better way than using an intent (i.e. I don't > think that defining an intent for something like "lotsOfConnections" is > the proper usage of policies): > - you can just define the policySet, without an intent > - add the policySet explicitly to your composition > - or, better, attach it to your composition externally as discussed on > tuscany-dev [1], the OASIS SCA Policy group [2] and in JIRA TUSCANY-1997 > [2]. > > [1] http://marc.info/?l=tuscany-dev&m=120346977514972 > [2] http://www.osoa.org/jira/browse/POLICY-15 > [3] > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TUSCANY-1997?focusedCommentId=12570553#action_12570553 > -- > Jean-Sebastien > > Could you show some XML snippets for how that would look? ...ant
