Re: [Springframework-developer] Type 3 IoC support

[Brian M. <mcc...@fo...>]

On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 03:49 AM, Rod Johnson wrote:

> Brian,
>
> We have an article on the Spring site about Type 2 and 3 comparison.

Cool, I was looking (via google) for just such a discussion. I will 
check it out.

> Anyway, part of the point of the changes is that we don't need to 
> argue over
> this any more. We will continue to recommend the use of JavaBeans as 
> best
> practice in most cases, but leave users to decide what they prefer.

I understand, and am not trying to argue (for the sake of argument) - 
it is a serious question as I do not believe I have all of the answers 
by a long shot (particularly in lightweight IoC containers). My 
tendency is to believe you are right -- as you are deeper into the 
problem than I am and understand it better. I don't see it though, and 
I want to see it.

> I absolutely think the container should be responsible for 
> configuration
> properties, rather than just dependencies. In fact this was the first 
> itch I
> needed to scratch in starting to develop what become the Spring bean
> factory. The alternative is likely to be ad hoc config lookups 
> everywhere
> and untestable code.

Hmm. I need to go read the article before I say anything more =)

Thank you (very much) for helping me!

-Brian