Hi, I really like Avalon and have now switched to using it. Before Avalon, I had the same idea : I called it Babel and put it on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/babel). Of course, it was not as well finished as Avalon and the scope was more narrow : the idea was to offer a service framework with a lightweight service manager and some fundamental services (logging, configuration) + some more advanced ones (xml mapping to java, jdbc data access and jndi access to start with).
It had a few interfaces but not as many as Avalon in term of lifecycle. However the principles were quite similar but less nice in term of pattern adoption. I did not have the distinction between component and services. Everything was a service. All this explains why I have now stopped the project and decided to focus on Avalon and help in the little time that I have. There are a few services (oops sorry, components) that I'd like to submit for excalibur inclusion, that's if you think they might interest users : - Configuration component based on properties file. It brings a few additional features over standard property resource bundles : the ability to be reconfigured at runtime + the ability to read property files located in jars. The implementation is at : http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/babel/babel/src/core/babel/ut il/config/ (put there because these files were used internally by the bable service manager to manage its own configuration). The interface is located at : http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/babel/babel/src/core/babel/se rvice/config/ and the service itself is at : http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/babel/babel/src/services/babe l/service/config/ - JDBC wrapper. Located at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/babel/babel/src/services/babe l/service/jdbcwrapper/ - JNDI wrapper. Located at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/babel/babel/src/services/babe l/service/jndiwrapper/ All these components have unit tests written. Tests are located at : http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/babel/babel/src/test/ If you think it is useful, I'd like to start by proposing the configuration component. I am actually finishing transforming it into an Avalon component (I use it on my current production project) Thanks -Vincent -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
