[NEW ISSUE] Assembly Specification should state that Services andReferences typed by Local interface cannot have Bindings

Raiser:        
       Mike Edwards

Target:        
       SCA Assembly Specification - sca-assembly-1.1-spec-cd01-rev2.doc

Description:

Services which implement Local interfaces
can only be called from References of Components that are running

in the same operating system process
as the service provider component.  (Lines 2423 - 2425).

Given this, it is hard to see what purpose
a Binding would serve if attached to either the Service or to the Reference

involved in such a Wire.  There
are no obvious transport protocols or wire formats that can be used to
influence

the way in which the wire is implemented.
 A Binding in these circumstances cannot serve any useful purpose.

Proposal:

Forbid the attachment of a Binding to
services and references which are typed by a Local interface.

Add the following after line 2426:

<service/> and <reference/>
elements which are typed by a Local interface MUST NOT contain <binding/>
child elements

(applies to service and reference elements
of componentType, constrainingType, component and composites).

Yours,  Mike.

Strategist - Emerging Technologies, SCA & SDO.

Co Chair OASIS SCA Assembly TC.

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