NEW ISSUE: Support of Scopes

[Bryan Aupperle <aupperle@us.ibm.com>]

RAISER: Bryan Aupperle

TARGET: SCA C++ and C Specification
sections titled "Component Implementation Scopes"  (2.3
of CD 01)

DESCRIPTION: The Java Common Annotation and API specification states that
support for scopes is optional while the C++ and C C&I specifications
requires support for the stateless, conversation, request and composite
scopes.

Specifically from the Java CAA spec:

This document defines four scopes: 
STATELESS
REQUEST
CONVERSATION
COMPOSITE
Java-based implementation types can choose
to support any of these scopes, and they MAY also define new scopes specific
to their type.
...
The following sections specify four standard
scopes which a Java-based implementation type MAY support.

But from the C++ C&I (and the wording
in the C C&I spec is equivalent) :

The SCA C++ Client and Implementation Model mandates support for the four basic scopes; stateless, request, conversation, and composite. Additional scopes MAY be provided by SCA runtimes.

...

The following sections specify the scopes an SCA runtime MUST support for C++ component implementations.

PROPOSAL:   Change the support of scopes from required to optional.  I.e. the above becomes:

The SCA C++ Client and Implementation Model allows support for the four basic scopes; stateless, request, conversation, and composite. Additional scopes MAY be provided by SCA runtimes.

...

The following sections specify the scopes an SCA runtime MAYsupport for C++ component implementations.

Bryan Aupperle, Ph.D.
STSM, WebSphere Enterprise Platform Software Solution Architect
Master Inventor

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