> -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Hawkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:56 PM > To: Avalon framework users > Subject: Stupid question > > Hey guys, > > I've been attempting to introduce myself to Avalon. I think that I've got > a handle on the framework, but I noticed that there are several different > container implementations which seem to be supported directly by the > project. Are any of these considered outdated or "deprecated" in any > sense? I assume that each one has its advantages? Does anyone have any > recommendations for which one I should use to write a standalone TCP/IP > server application? > > Thanks! > Jonathan Hawkes
The Avalon Container Story (short version): 1. ECM: Excalibur Component Manager. Earliest I know of. Deprecated. Fortress is the replacement. 2. Phoenix: Full Avalon MicroKernel. Mature and Stable and Supported. New development has shifted more to Merlin which should be a good replacement for Phoenix. 3. Tweety: Small test/example container. Never really took off. Effort switched to Fortress. 4. Fortress: Released. Embeddable. Complete Avalon 4 Framework support. Good stuff. 5. Merlin: Soon to be released (like any day now). The super-duper avalon container and focus of most current container development. 6. Spearhead: The mythical One True Container. Avalon 5. Doesn't exist yet. May never exist. Potentially Merlin will fulfill this rather fuzzy design dream. Others: Loom: Based on Phoenix. http://jcomponent.org/ Plexus: Alternative Avalon Container: http://plexus.codehaus.org/ For you application, not knowing much about it yet, I would consider either Merlin or Phoenix. If you need to embed the server app in another larger J2EE application server, then you might want to consider Fortress. As you will find, opinions on this subject will vary. J. Aaron Farr SONY ELECTRONICS DDP-CIM (724) 696-7653 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
