> From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > So, do you like this vision? would you like it to happen? > > Actually, I agree with Peter D. My ideal would be a single scalable > container with multiple profiles (probably pluggable service > providers). > Sort of like scaling from J2ME CDC to J2EE with a single, modular, > container. > > I view this as the same as my earlier position for building multiple > containers from a common code base, except where they had some unique > implementation requirement. Whether you call them separate > containers, or a > single container with multiple profiles, the end result is a scalable > solution with lots of shared code. > > On the pragmatic side, your proposal of a small set of > compatible containers > based upon the code already present is a faster launching > pad. The issues > related to portable client<->container interfaces, which would surface > regardless of the implementation, can be worked out in either case.
In the end, I think that the small, medium, large containers will help us to determine *what* we need in there. It is a quicker way of getting from point A to point B. From the commonalities and the fact that each builds on the other, we can come up with the best way to merge them into a single container that is "built" dynamically from a profile. I could potentially see a container JAR generator that only puts the subset of functionality together that the end-user wants. That JAR would have the proper environment binding (CLI, Servlet, J2EE, etc.), and would be able to get the project rolling immediately. But that is farther down the road. Now we have to figure out what we want the Containers to do. As such we need: * What is the _minimum_ requirements for a container to be considered Avalon compliant (with a compatibility testing framework)? * What are _optional_ requirements for a container, and how do we specify that a component requires an option? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
