On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:16, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
> > No they are versioned java interfaces in most cases.
>
> Hmmm... there is no imposition about this in Serviceable... hmmm...

But every container sans Merlin enforces this.


> Ah, ok, I like this.
> The doclet stuff, huh?
> I thought it was already there :-)

It is - but it uses a custome mechanism. Unification may be possible but it 
could also be a dose of everything looking like a nail ;)

> But for this, I have the sense that it's overkill to get to this level,
> to go down to /generic/ *method* attributes.
>
> So I can have Component lifestyle, method lifestyle... it gets me dizzy...

lifestyle is an aggregation and interpretation of attributes and should not 
appear as one IMHO. 

> Now we are getting to a point in which the metadata describes the role,
> right?

essentially.

> 1) use services via generic utility methods and loose strict type checking

not really viable IMHO for programmer types like us ;) 

> 2) make the interface by hand, or the metadata by hand, or both, and
> have a doclet-like system that keeps *both* in sync.

Right - either quite insane or quite brilliant.

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Cheers,

Peter Donald
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