Peter M. Goldstein wrote:
Peter:Folks, Can anyone point me to a quick discussion of the assorted Avalon containers? I'd like to see something that has the status, the development goal(s), and a short list of supported features for each container. Does such a doc exist? If not, could someone write up a quick summary? Either a reference or a reply would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
There is a summary of the difference between the different contains on the Merlin FAQ.
http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/excalibur/merlin/faq.html
In terms of Merlin future direction - immediate work is focussing on service distribution (connecting a somponents in one container with services resident in another container executing in a different system). Beyond that there will be additions to enable ComponentManager/ServiceManager lookup policy customization which will enable Merlin to complete handle the semantics implied by the ECM/Fortress lookup model. Beyond that - there is strong interest in the delivery of a component packaging model - something more fin grained by the Phoenix SAR file - more like container configuration packaged to go so that we can start using relatively complex component/service assemblies as reusable service modules.
Cheers, Steve.
--Peter
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