+1 for me as well.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> +1 on the proposal.
>
> FYI, I'm planning to propose another pool package (
> in the sandbox
> directory), using the code used in tomcat3 as
> initial code.
>
> I think it would be a good idea to place your pool
> in sandbox first, maybe
> we can combine and/or define common
> interfaces/patterns for pool access.
>
> ( it'll take another week or 2 before I can check in
> the code, I want to
> integrated the pool used in the tag library pooling
> implementation and
> another pooling we do before I do )
>
> Costin
>
> ( that would also be a first good test on what
> happens when we have
> multiple components doing the same thing ! )
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Waldhoff, Rodney wrote:
>
> > Here's the proposal for the object pooling
> package. The attached JAR
> > contains the full bundle.
> >
> > As I mentioned before, I stole the list of initial
> committers from the DBCP
> > package, since that's the leading client for this
> package.
> >
> > - Rod
> >
> > ---
> > Proposal for Pool Package
> >
> > (0) Rationale
> >
> > Often a Java application makes use of instances or
> resources that are
> > expensive to create or that need to be limited due
> to external constraints.
> > Database and other network connections are
> leading, although certainly not
> > the only examples of this situation. A pool of
> instances can be helpful in
> > these circumstances.
> >
> > A Commons package for object pooling would give
> committers an opportunity to
> > coordinate their efforts and create and maintain
> an efficient, feature-rich
> > package under the ASF license.
> >
> > (1) Scope of the Package
> >
> > The package will create and maintain an object
> (instance) pooling package to
> > be distributed under the ASF license.
> >
> > The package should support a variety of pool
> implementations, but encourage
> > support of an interface that makes these
> implementations interchangeable.
> >
> > (1.5) Interaction With Other Packages
> >
> > Pool relies upon on standard JDK 1.2 (or later)
> and the (proposed)
> > Commons-Collections APIs for production
> deployment. It utilizes the JUnit
> > unit testing framework for developing and
> executing unit tests, but this is
> > of interest only to developers of the component.
> Pool will also be a
> > dependency for several future proposed components
> for the Jakarta Commons
> > subproject.
> >
> > No external configuration files are utilized.
> >
> > (2) Initial Source of the Package
> >
> > The initial codebase was contributed by Rodney
> Waldhoff from a working
> > project and can be distributed under the Apache
> license.
> >
> > The proposed package name for the new component is
> org.apache.commons.pool.
> >
> > (3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources
> >
> > CVS Repository - New directory pool in the
> jakarta-commons CVS
> > repository. All initial committers are already
> committers on
> > jakarta-commons, so no additional
> > user setups are required.
> > Mailing List - Discussions will take place on
> the general
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list.
> To help list subscribers
> > identify messages of interest, it is
> > suggested that the message subject of
> messages about this component be
> > prefixed with [Pool].
> > Bugzilla - New component "Pool" under the
> "Commons" product category,
> > with appropriate version identifiers as needed.
> > Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-pool" (when
> available).
> >
> > (4) Initial Committers
> >
> > Morgan Delagrange
> > Geir Magnusson Jr.
> > Craig R. McClanahan
> > Rodney Waldhoff
> > David Weinrich
> >
> >
>
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Morgan Delagrange
Britannica.com
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