+1 Pat - I agree with everything you've said here. We're pushing something very similar on my project. I have to admit, I picked up the idea from Rod Johnson's J2EE Design book. He has a configuration framework that works almost identically to this. The config framework is the container, and the objects it configures only need to expose JavaBean setXxx methods in order for them to be configured.
The possibilities of how to use this are endless. I actually wrote a WebWork ActionFactory class to use this config framework for my classloading (instead of the regular JavaActionFactory). It also makes objects a lot easier to test, since you can provide a test harness that acts as a container and simulate real data with that. Rob > Basically, the idea is that an external service should manage resources and > components. It's called Inversion of Control, and what the end result is > that instead of your action code actively going out and getting a resource > or component, the container (XWork) passively pushes the resource (via > setXxx methods) to the action or any other object. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
