Nice to meet fellow
astronauts.
The same idea hit me while reading about OSGi the first time.
I used the component API as an extension point in a system long ago. I implemented a classloader for that one to allow it load UI components in-the-fly (this starts to sound familiar).
However, it was never very used feature in the system as the updating only the UI components without any other changes was rare and in real-life the full redeployment was easier.
But then again, sound like a standard comes handy when sharing components.
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