On 2016-08-29T11:51:03 +0200 Peter Kriens <peter.kri...@aqute.biz> wrote:
> There is no clear cut test to see what is a component. I use the following > heuristics: > > a) Does it have state? For example, Configuration Admin. In those case you > want to share a single object between different bundles No state in the factories at all. The trees themselves are short-lived mutable structures. I think this is a no. > b) Do I want to add some type to the system with a bundle. I.e. > implementations are in different bundles. When they are all in the same > bundle and you do not see a future where you would deliver different impls in > a bundle a service is not needed Yes. I publish an API and provide a default implementation bundle. In the future, depending on benchmarking, I can see these trees being pushed off-heap. A bundle implementing an off-heap tree would inevitably involve a different set of dependencies. > c) Does it have an interesting life cycle? Services are wonderful things to > signal availability Don't think so. The tree factory either exists or it doesn't. > In your case, the simple approach without a service seems the best choice. > Just using ’new’ is imho the simplest of all solutions. You only want to go > to a factory model if the selection process is complicated or you want to > hide the implementations. Right! M
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