[stringtemplate-interest] Embedded loader problems

[Micheal J]

Hi,

[...]
> // before the string template group can be used, the static 
> instance // needs to know which loader to use 
> StringTemplateGroup.RegisterGroupLoader(embeddedResourceGroupLoader);
> 
> StringTemplateGroup stringTemplateGroup = new StringTemplateGroup(
>     WebPageConstant.GROUP_TYPE_NAME,
>     embeddedResourceTemplateLoader);
> 
> StringTemplate stringTemplate =
>     stringTemplateGroup.LookupTemplate(templateTypeName);

I find the static members such as StringTemplateGroup.RegisterGroupLoader()
in the ST[#] library to be quite "ugly" actually. And they have implications
for use in a _truly_ multi-threaded environment (a real concern now that
dual-core and dual-cpu desktops are commonplace).

StringTemplateGroup should really be a self-contained manager for a
collection of StringTemplate instances. With support extending the managed
domain to include the ST notion of a tree of related StringTemplateGroups.

In this scheme, RegisterGroupLoader() et al would be an instance member on
StringTemplateGroup and it's effect would be limited to the particular
instance.

Micheal