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cvs commit: jakarta-avalon-excalibur/assembly/src/etc merlin.html

mcconnell    2002/07/07 16:09:09

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  <body> 
  <h3>System Overview</h3>
  <p>
  This package contains work in progress originating from the Merlin container including a set of services dealing with the definition of a system kernel, container hierarchies, component assembly, and component deployment and decommissioning.  This package is ALPHA and subject to change. 
  </p>
  <p>Main components of the framework include:
    <ul>
      <li>Application Kernel.</li>
      <li>Heirachical container model.</li>
      <li>Automated assembly system.</li>
      <li>Component defaults management.</li>
      <li>Candidate resolution.</li>
    </ul>
  </p>
  
  <h3>Package Structure (UML)</h3>
  <p><img src="merlin.gif" border="0"></p>
  
  <h3>Deployment Model</h3>
  Components types deployed under this framework must be declared as formal component types using a &lt;classname&gt;.xinfo descriptor as defined by the <a href="{$docRoot}/../meta/index.html" target="_top">Avalon Meta Model</a>. Components types may also deployed with default profile criteria and configuration information.</p>
  
  <ul>
    <li>&lt;classname&gt;.xinfo
      <ul>
        <li>General component type information.</li>
        <li>Context constraints.</li>
        <li>Dependecies.</li>
        <li>Service declarations.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>&lt;classname&gt;.xprofile
      <ul>
        <li>Configuration/parameter profiles.</li>
        <li>Context creation directives.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>&lt;classname&gt;.xconfig
      <ul>
        <li>Default configuration/parameter.</li>
        <li>Default context directives.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>
  Components assembly rerquires the declaration of at least one component with the kernal configuration profile. The profile enables the declaration of a hierachy of containers and component profiles within containers.  The containers within a hierachy collaborate to resolve service dependecies for the components they respectively manage. 
  </p>
  <p>
  Example components and a kernel.xml profile are included in the distribution.
  </p>
  
  <h3>Related Resources</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="{$docRoot}/../../meta/index.html" target="_top">Avalon Meta Model</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <h3>Demonstration</h3>
  A demonstration of current status is normally possible by invoking the following ant targets:
  </p>
  <pre>
     ant all
     ant kernel
  </pre>
  <p>
  This will cause the build of the kernel, container framework, type repository, a set of demo components, and the creation and deployment of a root container holding a combination of component providers and subsidiary containers.
  </p>
  
  <h3>Current Status</h3>
  <p>
  The implementation provides full support for hierachical containers and profiles management including resolution of dependecies cross containers. The implemetation does not support instantation of componets at this time (expect this soon).
  </p>
  
  </body>
  
  

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