Hi all guys, this email just to request your feedback on the documentation[1] I just uploaded on SVN; apologize in advance for my English, every kind of suggestion/feedback is more then appreciated. Thanks in advance, have anice day! Simo
[1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/sandbox/at-digester/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/digester/annotations/package.html http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://www.99soft.org/ On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Simone Tripodi <simone.trip...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi James, > the commons-digester library is IMHO still an excellent XML->Object > mapper even JAXB is, of course, most popular and more adopted. > Otherwise that project could be deprecated :P > > By definition, the Object->XML is not supported, from the > commons-digester homepage[1]: "Basically, the Digester package lets > you configure an XML -> Java object mapping module, which triggers > certain actions called rules whenever a particular pattern of nested > XML elements is recognized. A rich set of predefined rules is > available for your use, or you can also create your own." > > I didn't reinvent the wheel, I just tried adding a package to the > existing codebase with new features not previously included in the > original commons-digester. Please have a look at this short > showcase[2] I put on my Apache space to have an idea on what that > package differs from JAXB. > > Thanks in advance for any feedback/suggestion/hint, have a nice day, > Simo > > [1] http://commons.apache.org/digester/ > [2] http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/at-digester.html > > http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ > http://www.99soft.org/ > > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:04 PM, James Carman > <ja...@carmanconsulting.com> wrote: >> Why not just use JAXB 2.0 which includes annotations? What itch does >> this code scratch that hasn't been done already? Does your code >> support going from the objects to the XML? Most of the time when you >> have these XML -> object situations, it's nice to be able to go the >> other way, also (such as is the case with JAXB). >> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Simone Tripodi >> <simone.trip...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi all guys, Digester maintainers, >>> time ago[1] I proposed a sandbox[1] to work on a new feature for the >>> digester, adding the Java5 Annotation analysis to create Digester >>> rules. >>> I didn't have the need to modify the original digester code, but >>> rather I added a new package where adding the new feature, and without >>> adding any new dependency. >>> Time has passed, progresses on the design have been done, tests[3] go >>> on green bar :) >>> I'd really appreciate if anyone can help me on: >>> >>> * promoting that code on the current /trunk development (I'm already >>> an Apache committer/PMC member, but not in commons); >>> * writing the documentation (I'm not a native English speaker). >>> >>> I'm confident we can include that feature in the next Digester >>> release, I really hope someone can help me :) >>> Have a nice day, best regards, >>> Simo >>> >>> [1] http://markmail.org/message/w33bwwfnbev75fuv >>> [2] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/sandbox/at-digester/trunk >>> [3] >>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/sandbox/at-digester/trunk/src/test/org/apache/commons/digester/annotations/ >>> >>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >>> http://www.99soft.org/ >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
