Stephen,
I looked over Merlin, and I think I'll ditch MicroContainer for it.
In particular, it would appear as if I can keep just the MicroContainer
class (maybe move it over to Merlin).
Let me explain:
+ Merlin uses the ServiceLoader class to start up a component.
+ Basically, you say "ServiceLoader, the components are in these JAR
files,
I want to use this component, load it." So I could use ServiceLoader
to
get a DataSourceComponent and it would automatically check all listed
JAR files for the depndencies of the DataSourceComponent.
But then, once Merlin has loaded the component, how do I get a reference
to it? That is, after calling initialize() on the serviceLoader, what do
I do then?
In particular, suppose I have this:
public void MyApp {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// Do stuff
...
// I want to use a DataSourceComponent right here.
// The component I want to use is fully meta-enabled, and so is
// all its dependencies. How?
...
// Some other stuff
}
}
Question:
+ Does Merlin *require* the use of external XML files for
configuration? Or can
a configuration be built programmatically and given to Merlin?
/LS
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