[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-150?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.sy... ] Geoffrey De Smet updated CDI-150: --------------------------------- Description: See the problem described in this comment on CDI-87: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-87?focusedCommentId=12626218 Solution proposal 1: Every beans.xml gets an id: {code} <beans id="org.jboss.seam.solder"> ... </beans> {code} Then it's possible to depend on other beans.xml files: {code} <beans id="org.jboss.seam.security"> <dependency refid="org.jboss.seam.solder"/> ... </beans> {code} So when guvnor depends on security, it can automatically, transitively inherit solder (without depending on it directly): {code} <beans id="org.drools.guvnor"> <dependency refid="org.jboss.seam.security"/> ... </beans> {code} So when guvnor upgrades to the next version of seam-security, it doesn't need to worry if seam-security still uses seam-solder and whether or not it requires any new bean sets (such as seam-international starting from seam-security 1.2). was: See the problem described in this comment on CDI-87: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-87?focusedCommentId=12626218 Solution proposal 1: Every beans.xml gets an id: {code} <beans id="org.jboss.seam.solder"> ... </beans> {code} Then it's possible to depend on other beans.xml files: {code} <beans id="org.jboss.seam.security"> <dependency refid="org.jboss.seam.solder"/> ... </beans> {code} So when guvnor depends on security, it can automatically, transitively inherit solder (without depending on it directly): {code} <beans id="org.drools.guvnor"> <dependency refid="org.jboss.seam.security"/> ... </beans> {code} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/CDI-150?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.sy... ] Pete Muir updated CDI-150: -------------------------- Summary: Offer the ability to explicitly assemble an application from component bean archives (was: A beans.xml file should explicitly define its beans.xml dependencies) Fix Version/s: 1.1 (Proposed) I think this would neatly dovetail with a DSL that could be used to explicitly define the beans to deploy, ala Guice. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira