[picocontainer-dev] org.picocontainer.PicoCompositionException question

I have been hit by the following exception lately

"org.picocontainer.PicoCompositionException: Cannot remove components
after the container has started" and have been wondering about the
rationale. If the component is not startable and its lifecycle is not
managed, why shouldn't I be able to remove it?

E.g

 

_pico.addComponent(customerData);

_pico.start();

... do stuff that involves customerData

_pico.removeComponentByInstance(customerData);

... do stuff that doesn't involve customerData and allow customerData to
be gced

==>    not possible... why?

 

Erik Putrycz, Ph.D - Research Associate / (613) 990 0681

Institute for Information Technology - Software Engineering Group

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