[Darrell] > 5) The hard part of resource provision is allowing Mailets to "declare" what > they need, and for containers to set up their environment accordingly.
[Noel] The funny thing is that both you and Aaron talk about this, but the simple fact is that James doesn't do that at all. The MailetContext is shared across all matchers and mailets, with no separation or security. If you look at config.xml, and then attempt to add to each matcher and mailet a list of all resources that each needs, I think you'll rapidly become sick of it. I think that all three of us have a very different concept of how this would work. I would not expect that mailet to /declare/ any resources. The administrator would have to know what resources (e.g. data sources, ejb's, etc.) the mailet needed (presumably through reading the doco that accompanied the mailet) in order to configure them in the mailet's context. Further, a template method would automatically add any resources that are deemed necessary to every mailet. However, given that per-mailet contexts seem not to have found favour, the point is moot. Cheers ADK -------------------------------------------- There is no magic. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you seen our website?.... http://www.vodafone.co.nz CAUTION: This correspondence is confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you are not the named recipient and receive this correspondence in error, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it and you should delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. Thank you. Unless otherwise stated, any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Vodafone New Zealand Limited. Vodafone New Zealand Limited 21 Pitt Street, Private Bag 92161, Auckland, 1020, New Zealand Telephone + 64 9 357 5100 Facsimile + 64 9 377 0962 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
