Dependency Directive

Attributes

Attribute Required Description
key yes The dependency key.
source yes The relative path to the component to use as the service provider.

Description

A dependency directive is used to override merlin's auto-assembly semantics by declaring a relative path to a component that should be used as the service provider.

Sample XML 

<container name="tutorial">

     <classloader>
       <classpath>
         <repository>
           <resource id="avalon-framework:avalon-framework-impl" version="4.1.5"/>
         </repository>
       </classpath>
     </classloader>

     <component name="gloria" class="tutorial.IdentifiableComponent"/>
     <component name="nancy" class="tutorial.IdentifiableComponent"/>

     <component name="hello" class="tutorial.HelloComponent">
       <dependencies>
         <dependency key="primary" source="gloria"/>
         <dependency key="secondary" source="nancy"/>
       </dependencies>
     </component>

</container>