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Subject: Re: CXF Feature and Interceptor
From: Raj Floyd <rajfloyd@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Kulp <dkulp@apache.org>
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Thanks Dan. It helped.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Daniel Kulp <dkulp@apache.org> wrote:

> On Monday, August 29, 2011 12:10:08 PM Raj Floyd wrote:
> > And therefore it is appropriate to say that Features alwayz use
> > Interceptors. A kind of an abstraction over interceptors.
>
> Well, it doesn't HAVE to use interceptors at all.   It could do other
> things
> like configure properties instead.    For example, an "MTOM" feature could
> just set the "mtom-enabled" property on the endpoint.
>
> Basically, the Features provide a simple way to perform or configure a
> series
> or related tasks or activities.   That can include things like adding a
> bunch
> of interceptors to the chain, configuring properties, setting up resources,
> etc...
>
> In general, if a unit of usable functionality requires more than a few
> steps
> by the user to really configure and activate, creating  a feature to
> encapsulate that is generally a good idea.
>
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
> > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Willem Jiang <willem.jiang@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> > > It will be hard if you has a bunch of interceptors to configure.
> > > CXF Feature gives you a way to configure the interceptors into Server,
> > > Client or Bus easily.
> > >
> > > If you just has one Interceptor need to be use, you don't need to use
> > > the
> > > feature :)
> > >
> > > On 8/28/11 6:54 PM, Raj Floyd wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >> Are Features an abstraction over Interceptors? Like the doc gives an
> > >> example
> > >> of LoggingFeature that in turn uses interceptors to implement logging.
> > >> So when should I use a Feature and Interceptor?
> > >> Thanks.
> > >> Raj
> > >
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