1 Reply Latest reply on Aug 8, 2007 10:37 AM by tom.baeyens

difference between reference and object descriptor

porcherg Aug 8, 2007 10:22 AM

In the behavior, I don't see the difference between

<ref name='r' object='foo' />

and

<object name='r' factory='foo' />

The only difference I see is that object declaration has a initialization phase and the reference does not. But as there is no "auto-wiring" attribute and no operation, this phase does nothing.

Is there any difference between these two constructions ?

1. Re: difference between reference and object descriptor

tom.baeyens Aug 8, 2007 10:37 AM (in response to porcherg)
not sure if

<object name='r' factory='foo' />

is supposed to mean anything.

A ref is a reference to a named object defined elsewhere.
An object is an object that should be constructed.

I'm not yet 100% sure but i think that the object tag as specified above should not work.

If you can, generate an XML parsing error for that situation. I'll fix it case i would remember a specific reason why it was like this, but that is unlikely.
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