Hi Folks,
Francois: Don't bother writing mock classes, I've done so already. I'll
attach the jar-File to the Bug-Report. (Hope you haven't started yet...)
> Perhaps the only useful thing from my patch is an update of the
> installation steps (VAJAntTool.html): if we have compiled classes
> distributed with Ant, why bother with importing Ant and Xerces in VAJ?
Great you've update that part of the documentation (which I didn't).
> I propose the following:
> - I try Martin's patch on my environment (VAJ 4.0 on NT4)
> - Martin: can you see if my documentation patch to the installation
> procedure also works on your side?
Sounds good!
I'll check your documentation when I come back to work (where I have
access to VAJ) on Monday, but I guess it's going to be fine. Stefan: When
committing my patches (maybe after Francois has verified they work for
him), could you also submit the patches for (VAJAntTool.html) from
Francois?
> Regarding the distribution, Martin proposed 3 options for resolving the
> issue of using the VAJ servlet classes (which are not distributed with Ant):
> 1. Come up with mock classes (same interface,
> no-op methods) to make the compiler happy and
> use them during the build (I'd prefer this way)
[...]
Yep, this is my favourite too. I've written up mock versions of the
classes (empty method bodies returning null, false, etc.) that the tasks
compile against - I've already sent them to Stefan directly, and will
attach them to the bugzilla report.
> I'd be tempted to include the .class files from VAJ, however I'm not sure if
> that is really permitted... It's probably safer to go with option 1 so that
> the build process keeps working. I'll make those mockups and check if the
> compiled classes still work.
How about checking (and correcting) my mock classes instead :) (I'm not
100% sure about return types, as I've written the classes from compiler
errors, not looking at the original classes - kind of a cleanroom
implementation... ). Additionally I've added a small disclaimer in each
class stating "It's not the ASF's fault" basically - someone might want
to check this before putting the JAR to CVS...
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Martin
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