From: Marcelo Barbudas <nostef@...>
Date: 2009-05-06T02:46:02+09:00
Subject: Re: modules and classes question


> I do not have insights into AWS beyond what can be gatherere from
> http://amazon.rubyforge.org/.  I don't find this pattern very
> appealing.  For something like this to work you need to resort to some
> form of global state (global variable, constant, class instance
> variable, thread local variable) which means there is potential for
> problems when working with multiple threads.  Another issue is that it
> is not obvious, i.e. you do not see that there is something
> transported behind the scenes.
>
> I would at least refrain from placing this pattern in a library unless
> it is thread safe and it is sure that there will and can never be the
> need for more than a single connection which seems doubtful in case of
> AWS.
>   
I understand. How do you mimic an ActiveResource like structure then?

Something like:
conn = Main.new(user, pass)
conn.resources.method_from_resource_class_that_uses_main_for 
the_actual_request_method

-- 
M.