Robert wrote:
>I have been planning on moving our product off of ECM since it isn't the
>preferred container anymore (?), and was wondering which one should I go
>to. I don't think I need phoenix as the container needs to lightweight
>enough to run in a single, fat-client environment, so I think either
>Fortress or Merlin would be my choices. So, with that in mind:
>
>- Which one is closer to production ready
>
Merlin is under active development - but its already running compoenents
really nicely, providing:
(a) the component is thred-safe
(b) the component does not declare a context dependecy (that still
in progress)
(c) the component does not declare a default configfuration (that's
also in progess)
My guess is that the real question concerns point (a) because ECM
compoents don;t know about default configuration or dependecies. The
excalibur/assembly package contains several example compoents with
Merlin doing the automated dependency resolution and lifecycle
management - take a look at the demo and see if this fits with your
needs. After a couple of other priority items I would like to focus on
Fortress/ECM style handler integration for pooled components but thats
at least three bullet points down the list.
>- I need configuration as easy as, or close to as easy, as ECM was
>
I'm confident you will find Merlin configuration easier than enything
else in Avalon.
>- I am currently using the connection pooling from Excalibur and would
>like to continue using it.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>
If you want to trial Merlin 2.0 (excalibur/assembly) post me an emil
off-line and I'll try to help you with the job of getting things
running. In the meantime, the javadoc for Merlin 2 is really solid - it
will giove you a reasonably good picture of what is possible today and
what is in the pipeline.
Cheers, Steve.
>Thanks,
>Robert
>-
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