Re: [Bodington-developers] Removal of RMI depedancy

[Peter C. <Pet...@me...>]

> From: Matthew Buckett
> I have had a quick look at removing the dependancy on RMI=20
> throughout the=20
> bodington code and have an initial attempt. Reasons for=20
> removing it include:
>=20
> - It is not used. Nowhere do we use the features of RMI.
> - It clutters up the APIs as all our methods throw RemoteException.
> - RemoteExceptions are just ignored when people write code.
> - It speeds up the build, the rmic task is the slowest bit of=20
> the build.

Template compilation?

> - It allows project rebuilds by IDEs (eclipse) without needing ant.
> - If we needed it again adding it back in is simple.
>=20
> Comments?

We either need a clean separation - awkward given the amount of database
code now in facilities, I suspect - or we need to accept the merge.  I'd
accept the merge and get rid of the potential source of problems.  If it
gets to a vote, I would vote in favour of removal of RMI.

		- Peter