Re: [proposal] avalon 5 ComponentManager interface

[Stephen McConnell]

Leo Sutic wrote:

>>From: Stefano Mazzocchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
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>>Leo Sutic wrote:
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>>>A lookup failing is an exceptional
>>>case, and should be treated as such.
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>>I think this is the key issuse here. 
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>>Example, I might change the behavior of a component, if 
>>another component it requires is missing (this happens in 
>>Cocoon a lot) 
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>>This is *not* an exceptional case, but a straightforward 
>>programming flow.
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>Stefano,
>
>what you are saying is that breaking one component's dependencies
>is not exceptional. I say it is. Whether that is exceptional in the
>context of the whole application (i.e. Cocoon tries to start all
>components and just lets some of them explode due to failed
>dependencies) is not the issue here - for the individual component
>it is *very* exceptional that the contract between it and the container
>has been broken (not all dependencies exist).
>

++1

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