On May 30, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Jeremy Boynes wrote:
> Do we support dependencies on GBeans in sibling configurations?
We support references to GBeans in siblings configurations and that
results in a dependency.
> The problem with declaring a reference is that the class of the target
> GBean may not be available, and that there may not be a setted/ctr-arg
> for the value.
As the subject implies, in that case I would suppose you would want a
pure dependency without a reference. Alternatively, you could use a
common reference interface in the parent class loader.
> Do we support dependencies without a reference?
No
> Would a reference type of java.lang.Object work?
Yes
> Will it work without a setter/ctr-arg?
No
> Of academic interest for now, the GBeans where I thought I might need
> this are in a parent/child config relationship.
We can add this, but before I tackle this, what is the use case; I
don't want to add features without a good use case.
-dain
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