David M. Lloyd wrote:
On 01/04/2010 07:18 AM, Ales Justin wrote:
>> Its all AOP,
> This one is taken care by Kabir.
>
>> Classloading (package names),
> Perhaps Bill you could have a go at this?
>
> Basically the solution is trivial, but it's an integration pita.
> What we need is an explicit packages export; aka jboss-classloading.xml
> with capabilities.
Why packages? Why not export/import by module? Also, the
jboss-classloading.xml is only a part of a performant solution. Before we
consider going to a fully modularized design, we also need to consider a
way to implement an O(1) module loading system, so that modules are only
loaded on-demand and any module which is not used is never loaded.
Otherwise, we'll never be able to scale a "modularized" AS.
I think these on-demand and modularization features should be put on
hold until you get a modern app-server that is consumable by developers.
I assure you that boot speed and usability (embedability/unit testing)
are 99% more important to developers than on-demand/modularization.
I know we can get development-mode AS booting in < 5 secs (web, ejb, tx
jca, jms, ws, rs).
Bill
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