RE: [Embedlets-dev] [Arch] Properties and such

[James C. <ca...@vi...>]

>I think we've finally put this one to bed to everyone's satisfaction.
Agreed?

+1

JC


> -----Original Message-----
> From: emb...@li...
> [mailto:emb...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Andrzej Jan Taramina
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:52 AM
> To: emb...@li...
> Subject: [Embedlets-dev] [Arch] Properties and such
>
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> Topic tags:[ARCH][JAPL][WIRING][DOCS][MGMT][STRATEGY][NEWBIE]
> _______________________________________________
>
> Chris suggests:
>
> > 1. The Properties service reads the input media (eg. XML) and
> encounters an
> > object.
> > 2. The Properties service instantiates the object based on the 'class'
> > attribute on the stream. The objects' Class is assumed to be
> preloaded in
> > the installation, thus avoiding byte code streaming.
> > 3. The object implements the PropertyAccess interface (orginally called
> > Persistent), which defines the readProperties(Properties p) method.
> > 4. The component reads its properties using getProperty(String
> Name) methods
> > of the Properties object. Components can access other objects
> by reference
> > using getObjectProperty(objectName).
> > 5. The container manages the life cycle processes by informing each
> > component of its current state: create (implied in
> constructor), initialize,
> > start, stop, terminate.
>
> Yup....I agree.  And it's even easier if the objects being
> reconstituted are
> Context objects, rather than an Embedlet itself, separating the
> data-oriented
> from the process-oriented in a clean way.
>
> I think this approach is a good one.  It allows serialization
> where it makes
> sense (regardless of encoding technique: binary, XML, code generated,
> something else), can be used to create a generic Persistence
> service (in the
> long term sense).
>
> I think we've finally put this one to bed to everyone's
> satisfaction.  Agreed?
>
>
> Andrzej Jan Taramina
> Chaeron Corporation: Enterprise System Solutions
> http://www.chaeron.com
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