The following snippet is supposed to describe how ComponentUtil was envisioned
to perform. Unfortunately, Java does not pass primitives by reference, but
by value.
public class SimpleComponent implements Component, Initializable {
final int m_mask;
int m_state = 0;
public SimpleComponent()
{
m_mask = ComponentUtil.getMask(this);
}
public void initialize () throws Exception
{
ComponentUtil.checkInitialized(m_state);
//do stuff
}
}
If we do not like this usage pattern, then we should choose once and for all
whether to provide it or not.
Include ComponentUtil?
Since it is broken and I really want to get Avalon Framework 4.1 out the door,
I vote -1, remove it.
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