Michael McKibben wrote:
>>>interface Resettable extends SingleThreaded
>>>{
>>> void reset();
>>>}
>>>
>
> How is this different from Recyclable.recycle()?
It is more semantically correct--and it is not associated with the Pool.
> On a different subject, why does ComponentManager/ComponentSelector (et
> al) require Component and not just return/use Object? The reason why I ask
> is that a lot of interfaces do not extend from Component (for example the
> excalibur DataSource interface) and it looks awkward to see:
Because it is not an ObjectManager, but a ComponentManager.
>
> DataSource ds = (DataSource)cm.lookup(DataSource.ROLE);
> ...
> cm.release((Component)ds);
>
> Having to cast my interface to Component is a useless step and makes my
> code look ugly :)
I will alter the work interface for DataSource to extend Component--making
that cast no longer necessary.
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