> From: Nicola Ken Barozzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Berin Loritsch wrote: > > I am very happy with the Context package. > > Hmmm... > > Personally I don't like contexts, they smell of "global > variables" to me.
And that is one of their uses. A way of sharing contextual information with a large group of components. That beats repeating config information in several locations. > Aren't ComponentManagers(nowLocators) doing a similar thing > (ie giving a > class based on a name-role)? That's a different concern. Don't confuse them. > Also, look at the Cocoon Context: it's a real PITA to understand that > you need to get a context from a context... Please take off your Cocoon hat. That's a Cocoon decision, not an Avalon one. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
