Overview

Cougar is a modular system, discovering modules at runtime based on predefined rules to search in your classpath.

Modules are defined by the existence of a Spring config file conf/cougar-<module-type>-spring.xml.

Modules types may be singletons.

Precedence/loading order:

Bootstrap modules

Core module

Framework modules

Application modules

Bootstrap Modules

Module Type: bootstrap Singleton: (x)

Core Module

Module Type: core Singleton: (/)

Framework Modules

Module Type: module Singleton: (x)

Application Modules

Module Type: application Singleton: (x)