Hi Steve, > The purpose of the bootstrap package is to isolate classes that are > loaded by the JVM into the classloader so that the bootstrap > classes can > setup the internal and public classloaders based on a kernel > defintion. > This means that the bootstrap loader has to be completely > independent of > the Merlin and related classes (i.e. any bootstrap will be using well > documented keys as distinct from key by reference). > > In your case (embedding a kernel in a web-app) you would be > creating and > configuring an instance of DefaultKernel - and in effect - comming up > with something equivalent to the DefaultKernelLoader but focussed on > establishing the kernel relative to servlet supplied information. > > Short term priorities (for me) are to: > > a) improve the CLI bootstrap process (more consitent and > easier to use) > b) some refactoring over on the Assembly project (make some > things cleaner and easier to work with) > c) put in place some meta generagion tools > > After that I'll be able to spend some time on the web-app side.
thanks for your answer - it addresses already my next question ... Regards, J�rg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
