Leverage the Spring framework as a platform for creating lightweight plug-ins that work seamlessly with your existing J2EE applications.
by Bryant Harris
July 5, 2006
nterprise software products always require custom integration work at the customer site, and upgrades are nearly impossible when customers have to modify the core product's configuration to introduce their customizations. By allowing for highly modular software that is easy to extend and upgrade, plug-ins offer a perfect solution for this all-too-common scenario (see "Sidebar 1. What Is a Plug-In?").
With a plug-in environment that possesses cleanly defined extension points, the core product is free to undergo upgrades and the plug-ins themselves can be released and upgraded on an independent schedule. With my open source Classpath Helper project (based on Eclipse's plug-in framework), I routinely upgrade Eclipse while also releasing newer versions of my own plug-ins.
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nterprise software products always require custom integration work at the customer site, and upgrades are nearly impossible when customers have to modify the core product's configuration to introduce their customizations. By allowing for highly modular software that is easy to extend and upgrade, plug-ins offer a perfect solution for this all-too-common scenario (see "
