Apache HiveMind is an

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(IOC) software project of the Apache Software Foundation written in

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. It takes the form of a services and configuration

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. In HiveMind, a service is an implementation of a Java

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. Unlike other

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s (SOAs), HiveMind is explicit about combining Java code within a single

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. The HiveMind project, formerly a top-level Apache project, was retired 22 April 2009, ending its life in the Apache Attic repository. Its successor is considered to be Tapestry IOC, a

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-like

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web applications. (Tapestry's requirement for IoC was the reason HiveMind was conceived in the first place.)

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HiveMind home pageHiveMind UtilitiesHiveMind Wiki HiveMind BlogHiveMind Hello World Spring HiveMind integration
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