On 8/2/07, Paulo Sergio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/2/07, Robert Burrell Donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > > > An easy (and compact) API will probably make integrations with existing > > > backends easier. But in my specific project i believe that not using > > this > > > layer (repository) is a good option.. or maybe not if we think about > > > scalability.. > > > > so, i guess you'll be reimplementing the processing layer then? > > > good question.. i don't know yet.. where do you think it would be the right > place to insert the web service methods? > do you think i will need to reimplement the processing layer? dunno :-) the decoding layer breaks the input into a stream of messages. the processing layer processes these commands by calling the repository layer then returning response messages. these response are then encoded into a byte stream by the encoding layer. implementing a new processing layer means creating an implementation for each IMAP command. this gives a lot more control and flexibility. implementing a new repository layer should mean less work but forces you to reuse the processing layer and to implement the current repository layer API. IMHO this is too general and you may find difficulties creating quickly a good implementation. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
