Berin Loritsch wrote:
>>From: Nicola Ken Barozzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>
>>Berin Loritsch wrote:
>>
>>>I would like to propose a minimum set of attributes that all
>>>containers need to support, which will provide some
>>
>>guarantees for the
>>
>>>components that need them. So far, I only have three that
>>
>>would fit
>>
>>>the bill:
>>>
>>>1) "context:dir" A java.io.File representing the context directory
>>>available to the component. Sort of a "home" directory.
>>
>>Hmmm... What's the difference with context:scratch?
>>Persistence between invocations?
>>
>>
>>>2) "context:scratch" A java.io.File representing the
>>
>>context directory
>>
>>> that the component can use as a hash area--nothing permanent
>>> guaranteed, but useful for dynamic compilation, cache
>>
>>entries, etc.
>>
>>context:tmp
>>context:temp
>>context:tempdir
>>context:temp.dir
>
>
>
> The diference between scratch and dir is like the difference between
> a Servlet Context's root directory and scratch area.
>
> They can be in completely diferent areas of the hard disk. For
> instance,
> the "context:dir" could be mapped to "../components/${component-name}"
> while "context:scratch" would be mapped to
> "/tmp/${app}/${component-name}".
>
> The two directories do not have to be related to each other at all.
Ok, thanks for the expl.
>>>3) "context:classloader" A java.lang.ClassLoader that the
>>
>>component can
>>
>>> use to create objects or child components with.
>>
>>Ok.
>>
>>
>>
>>>The names are of course up for debate, but the concepts are fairly
>>>constant. I would like a standard set of names so that the
>>
>>components
>>
>>>like SourceResolver
>>>can implement a "context:" protocol that maps to the home
>>
>>dir easily.
>>
>>>It will also help with the cache implementations, et. al.
>>>
>>>Thoughts?
>>
>>+1
>
> "context:temp.dir" would be a better name for "context:scratch"
I think so too.
So:
context:dir
context:temp.dir
context:classloader
+1
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