From: Bertrand Delacretaz
> Le Jeudi, 18 sep 2003, � 21:09 Europe/Zurich, Reinhard Poetz a �crit :
>
> > ...I understand that I can't load a class from another block. My
> > question:
> > Is it possible to load classes from "Cocoon core" (whatever we will
> > consider as core) from within my block via "new" or are
> there arguments
> > against it?...
>
> I think loading classes directly via new (as opposed to factories +
> interfaces) should be discouraged as much as possible, as it creates
> unnecessary coupling.
>
> Depending on the classloading mechanisms that are implemented,
> selective filtering of what is allowed could be implemented easily I
> think [1].
>
> Do you have examples where direct instantation via "new" is required?
e.g. line 341 in the HTMLGenerator
throw new ProcessingException("Exception in
HTMLGenerator.generate()",e);
(org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException)
How can I do this in the generator in the future?
Cheers,
Reinhard
