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so i was trying to use conman with system instead of mount but struggling on how/when to execute the bind-connection call.. currently have this:

(def ^:dynamic *db*
  (:db system))

(conman/bind-connection *db* "stridespark/api/queries_hug.sql")

but this does not behave as intended (i believe i get why now, which is that db is not being rebound by system, whereas when i use mount’s defstate it is)

so, whats the idiomatic way to do this in system?

@scottbessler: I dont know anything about conman, but looking at your code snippet I see that you define a dynamic var, which should never be there in a codebase using component

wrap your db in a component

and pass it in as a dependency to the components that need it

apologies if this is a bit of a beginner question. I’m having trouble getting component to play nicely with lein startup/shutdown. I’ve created a few components that are doing some amount of async processing. they’re wrapped up in a system that’s instantiated with a main function. my code looks something like:

(defn -main
  [& args]
  (alter-var-root #’my-system component/start)
  (.addShutdownHook (Runtime/getRuntime) (Thread. #(alter-var-root #’my-system component/stop))))

@mss Yes, the JVM will exit as soon as the main method returns.

If you want it to stick around, you need to "join" your main thread on to one of the threads started by your components.

Or have the main thread block, waiting for some indication that it is ready to shut down.

thanks for the feedback, that makes a bunch of sense