Advanced Features

Topic Summary
Lifecycle Extensions Defintion and implementation of custom lifecycle stage handlers.
Custom Contextualization Defintion and implementation of a custom contextualization handler.
Deployment Templates Creating and associating a deployment template with a component.
Profile Selectors Using profile selectors to influence and/or override the assembly process.
Block Includes Example of block composition via include statements with emphasis on managing multiple external configurations. This tutorial also includes usage of the application repository.
Block Composition Example of the use of imported blocks can publish services and declare dependencies. The tutorial demonstrates the use of block level service export statements that isolate a block implementation from the services it provides.
Custom Containers Example of the creation fo a custom container including dynamic component management.