I have small screen for server configuration. It dispapears as soon as the server is started up successfully. Is there a need to add shutdown option to it and keep it visible?
The extra features can only lower your score, and I am puzzled as to why people insist on coding these extras. I had no server GUI, no graceful shutdown, no Unreferenced, no timing out of connections, no cleaning of stale clients, no dynamic downloading of stubs, no codebase or classpath parameters, no policy files or security managers, no unlock(-1), no server re-connect, no integrated server help, no ability to manage your stock portfolio, no flashes or pretty flowers of any kind, and I got full score for my server design. If this is not convincing, consider this: none of the features listed above are in the requirements and they add absolutely nothing to simplicity, clarity and reusability of your design.
Eugene.
[ January 22, 2003: Message edited by: Eugene Kononov ]