Of late, the dependency injection pattern has gained prominence as a common feature provided by many object-oriented frameworks. Included in this list are new entrants like JBoss Seam and Google Guice as alternatives to the more popular Spring framework. Existing platform, such as Struts and EJB, are also making a move towards this paradigm.
The prevalence of dependency injection has resulted in certain interesting possibilities that are mostly to do with interoperability, transparency and integration across frameworks and containers. In this article we shall take a closer look at these possibilities and propose solutions for the same. Read the rest of this entry »


