Re: MethodClosure (BCEL Delegator implementation)

 > The commons people are busy putting dependancies on CommonsLogging
 > into things. Its cursing AltRMI now because of a dependecy on
 > Attributes and HttpClient. Should we really be a in a rush to
 > donate components?

Paul,

when we donate comonents there is an implicit trust that the receiving 
project will evolve the code in the spirit of the original and keep in mind 
that the code just received is a dependency for some other project. That's 
the downside of donating code. The upside is that unless we do donate code, 
the scope of Avalon will start growing. The dependencies created can also 
be seen as something good, as it forces cooperation among Apache projects.

That said, I'm worried about the inclusion of Commons logging into 
everything, as (if I understand it correctly) it isn't IoC, thus forcing 
the whole system into using Commons logging. Could you be more specific 
about in what way AltRMI is suffering? If we're going to talk to the 
Commons Logging people to see if a compromise can be reached (and I think 
we should), it would help to have a list of issues.

/LS