iPOPO 0.4

A service-oriented component model framework

README

This is iPOPO, a component model framework for Python based on SOA principles. It is based on Pelix, an SOA framework.

See http://ipopo.coderxpress.net for documentation and more information.

Feedback

Feel free to send feedback on your experience of Pelix/iPOPO, via the mailing lists :

• User list : http://groups.google.com/group/ipopo-users

• Development list : http://groups.google.com/group/ipopo-dev

More information at http://ipopo.coderxpress.net/

Release notes

Version 0.4

Version 0.4 fixes many bugs and provides new features:

• Pelix:

  • create_framework() utility method

  • The framework has been refactored, allowing more efficient services and events handling

• iPOPO:

  • A component can provide multiple services

  • A service controller can be injected for each provided service, to activate or deactivate its registration

  • Dependency injection and service providing mechanisms have been refactored, using a basic handler concept.

• Included tools:

  • Added a HTTP service component, using the concept of servlet

  • Added an extensible shell, interactive and remote, simplifying the usage of a framework instance

Version 0.3

Packages have been renamed. As the project goes public, it may not have relations to isandlaTech projects anymore.

• psem2m -> pelix

• psem2m.service.pelix -> pelix.framework

• psem2m.component -> pelix.ipopo

• psem2m.component.ipopo -> pelix.ipopo.core

Version 0.2

Version 0.2 is the first public release, under GPLv3 license (see LICENSE).

Compatibility

The package has been tested with:

• Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.1 and 3.2

• Pypy 1.8, 1.9

To work with Python 2.6, the importlib module back-port must be installed. It is available on PyPI.