[2002-12-11 11:08 -0500] Vanessa Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> On Wednesday, December 11, 2002, at 10:55 AM, Gary Shea wrote:
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> > Using the Avalon framework also means using an Avalon container.
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> I don't know much at all about Avalon, but doesn't the above statement
> spell bad news for those wanting to embed Xindice in their application?
> Lightweight embedding seems to be contradicted by this direction.
>
> Feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vanessa
That's an excellent point. Speaking theoretically, a container doesn't
have to be a heavyweight tool, nor does it need to run the application,
but still... in fact a container isn't even necessary, but it's
convenient. You can always hand assemble.
I'm not sure about the alternatives. There's merlin 1.0 which is
lightweight and embeddable, but I'm not sure it has ever been used in
production (check with Stephen McConnell -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I
believe Fortress is embeddable but it is a fairly substantial piece of
software. And of course there's hand assembly, extremely lightweight
but not as big a win!
This would be a good time to post the question on an Avalon list and get
some feedback from the developers. They're always pleased to hear about
possible users for the framework.
Regards,
Gary
