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The Merlin platform is the Reference Implementation of the Avalon Component
and Deployment contract. This specification is presented in terms of the
component specification (covering meta-info, container/component interaction,
lifecycle, lifestyle, etc.) and deployment specification (component and
container directives, classloaders, composition management etc.). In both
cases the specifications dealing with multiple underlying sub-systems -
including the Avalon Meta, Composition, and Activation packages.
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Topic
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Summary
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Component Specification
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Avalon Component model specification covering component type
descriptors, runtime artifacts supplied by a container to a
component, lifecycle management, and lifestyle management.
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Container Specification
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Avalon Container specification covers the complete set
of component and containment directives, including classloader
management, container composition, container includes, composite
component publication, and related utility directives.
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Deployment Specification
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Avalon Deployment specification deals with block packaging,
and publication, component assembly semantics, deployment
management, memory management, dynamic model interaction, and
general system decommissioning.
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System Specification
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Merlin system specification including kernel configuration
directives and system deployment properties.
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