On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 01:56, Gilles Philippart wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I've read the new documentation about programming with avalon, and i've
> tried to compile the DatabaseDocumentRepository example. But it didn't
> work, indeed there are some typos in the source code.
>
> FYI, i used the Avalon 4.0 beta 3 release.
>
> For example the following statement :
> this.dbResource = conf.getChild("dbpool") , is not valid.
> It should read this.dbResource = conf.getAttribute("dbpool") because the
> getChild method returns a Configuration object and this.dbResource is a
> String.
>
> Furthermore, there are some missing 'new' operator in the statements
> throwing exceptions.
thanks - someone else picked up on that aswell. Hopefully will be fixed RSN.
> Finally, it would be nice to have added a simple "return new Document();"
> at the end of the getDocument() method.
>
> I'm having a close look at the progress of the Avalon project, and would
> like to participate whenever i get a good comprehension of everything
> (either testing or developing).
A comprehension of everything is not needed - I don't understand it all and I
am supposed to be a developer for it ;) Feel free to throw ideas around.
> By the way, did you notice that HP released the source code of their freely
> available CSF (Core service Framework) which looks very much like Avalon in
> the design goal.
yup - it is very similar to parts of Avalon. They also started a JSR in the
JCP that a few members of avalon group have joined. Hopefully it will
standardize the interface and then we could have an "official" J2EE services
api ;)
Cheers,
Pete
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