Note: The JIRA issue for this work is FCREPO-648

Problem Statement

Fedora's original Server and Module classes were designed in 2002, and provided a common way for major functional components ("modules") of the repository to be plugged in, configured, initialized, and stopped. Problems with the existing framework include:

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• Resolve inter-module dependencies via dependency injection
• Provide hooks to initialize/de-initialize modules when the webapp container starts and stops
• Allow re-configuration and plugging in of alternative modules without re-compiling

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Non-requirements

This work will NOT attempt to:

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