From dd83b93a389ed0145671ee386ed68a38c18058f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: erik Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:54:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] better introduction. --- support/general/src/site/xdoc/index.xml | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/support/general/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/support/general/src/site/xdoc/index.xml index 3406913e..bbddc5d6 100644 --- a/support/general/src/site/xdoc/index.xml +++ b/support/general/src/site/xdoc/index.xml @@ -10,17 +10,59 @@

The general support library contains various smaller utilities that - can be useful for any java project. + can be useful for any java project. I started this in 2005 when I realized that it + would be very nice to have a support library readily available instead of having to + cut and paste from old code.

- The purpose of this documentation is threefold: + There are many purposes for this documentation:

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+ Some parts in the utilities library may seem familiar to users of + other popular frameworks such as Spring and + Guice. This + is not always a coincidence. It is my view that Spring is just another IOC framework and + that there can be many IOC frameworks. Also, the support that one actually needs to develop + applications and in particular enterprise applications efficiently only requires a few basic + support utilities and typically not a big framework. +

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Apart from this, there are many other + interesting developments going on: +

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+ In particular, I believe that Java EE 6 with new powerful concepts such as singleton beans, + lifecycle management, Contexts and Dependency Injection, and Enterprise OSGI will provide + the most powerful way to develop applications in the future. In this. I am making only an + exception for web frameworks to which I think JSF is not a good solution. I would use + Wicket anyday if it's up to me. +

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