[Embedlets-dev] Addendum to Properties vs. Instance variables....

[Andrzej J. T. <an...@ch...>]

Chris:

Another thought just came to me on properties versus instance variables:

Outpost is using stock Hashtables to implement properties at the moment.  It 
could be that some optimization of how properties are implemented under the 
covers (eg. a custom implementation of a Hashtable rather than using the 
java.util.Hashtable class) might dramatically improve the performance of 
property get/sets and make the issue of properties vs instance variable 
performance more of a moot point in more cases.

Let's focus on functionality and interfaces for a bit.....performance 
optimization is something that we should defer for a bit to see where it will 
really be needed, especially when it's an implementation detail (in Outpost) 
which can be transparently changed and not something in the core (Embedlets 
spec).

Andrzej Jan Taramina
Chaeron Corporation: Enterprise System Solutions
http://www.chaeron.com