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+ <td> This is the same as the <code>prototype</code> service model, except that the service will not be instantiated until the first time any of its methods are invoked. Thus, if you <em>might</em> need the service, but there are some paths through your program that won&#8217;t use it, you can use this model so that the overhead of initializing the service only occurs when you actually invoke a method on it.</td>
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+ <td> Only one instance of the service is ever created. Any subsequent request for the service will return the instance that was created the first time. This is the most common scenario for most services, since in general a service is either stateless, or its state is effectively global throughout an application.</td>
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+ <td> This is identical to the <code>singleton</code> model, above, but also has the deferring functionality of the <code>prototype-deferred</code> model.</td>
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+ <p>Using one of the &#8220;deferred&#8221; service models (<code>prototype-deferred</code>, <code>singleton-deferred</code>, or <code>threaded</code>) can be very useful, but there are side-effects that you ought to be aware of. Otherwise, you may spend a lot of time debugging some difficult-to-track-down problems.</p>
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+ <p>Creating your own service models is very straight-forward. In general, all you need to do is create a class. The class should extend the <code>Copland::Instantiator::Abstract</code> class, and must override the <code>instantiate</code> method. The <code>instantiate</code> method should accept a no parameters. The method should then return an object that represents the instantiated service.</p>
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+ <p>A <em>configuration point</em> is either a list or map that other packages may contribute values to. You can then have Copland automatically wire that configuration point into a service.</p>
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+ <p>Every configuration point must be defined as part of the &#8220;configuration-points&#8221; section of a package descriptor. The id (or name) of the configuration point will be the key used in that section to reference it, and it may contain any character you wish except for a &#8221;.&#8221;. Also, if you use any character that <span class="caps">YAML</span> treats specially (like commas, or colons), you&#8217;ll need to put the configuration name in quotes.</p>
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+ <td>This must be either a string or a hash. If it is a string, then it references another schema (either in this package or a different one). Otherwise, it&#8217;s format is described in more detail in the chapter &#8220;Schemas&#8221;. This is used to restrict the values that can be contributed to the configuration point. If the configuration point is of type <code>list</code>, then the schema applies to each element of the configuration point. Otherwise, the schema describes the format of the map.</td>
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+ <p>One of the core pre-defined configuration points is the map <code>copland.DefaultSymbolSource</code>. Although you will rarely access this configuration point directly, it is integrated tightly with Copland. Any value you add to it becomes available as a <em>substitution symbol</em>.</p>
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