posted 17 years ago
Robin,
You can consider to make your swing application connect int the application server directly using business delegates and an service locator.
For the assignment pourpouses, you have to define in your solution that you will use 'an business delegate' and 'an service locator'. This is not redudance because at the real world, thare are techniques to avoid the repetition, using common jars for example.
If you care about how your architecture will be evaluated about redundant components, try to use some package diagrams and put the commons components (business delegate, service locators, pojo entities), at packages there are accessible at all the major packages, such as the business package, the controller package and so on.
Even the assignment did not ask for an package diagram, provide one could be a very good idea because your architecture will mitigate two main things: redundance and component dependency.
Best Regards,
Ricardo Ferreira,<br /> <br />Sun Certified Enterprise Architect<br />IBM Certified SOA Solution Designer<br />IBM Certified RUP v7.0 Solution Designer<br />IBM Certified Specialist for RUP v2003