Apache Avalon Project Closes Down
Avalon, an Apache project to build a framework for object-oriented, component-based programming, has been shut down, forking off into several separate open source efforts, an official of the Apache Software Foundation has confirmed.
Source: TechWorldThe Avalon effort was intended to produce an Inversion of Control (IoC) framework for container programming, with the container controlling components that pass lifecycle and dependency functions between each other. Initially focused on Java, the project eventually added C# as a target platform, according to Aaron Farr, who was chairman of the Apache Avalon project committee and now is on the Apache Excalibur project management committee. Excalibur has emerged as one offshoot of Avalon.
Avalon was formally dissolved in November after parallel development projects had emerged within it, Farr said. "Basically, there had been disagreements about the direction the project should take," he said.
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