Hi Rahul! thanks for your kind feedback :) I'm going to plug the clirr plugin and redeploy the site so we can have a better overview about what changed. The last point is indeed very important for users, the first attempt broke that kind of compatibility that maybe was too rude :P I'll let you know as soon as the new site is online! Thanks! Simo
http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://www.99soft.org/ On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Rahul Akolkar <rahul.akol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> > wrote: >> Hi Rahul :) >> thanks for following up! >> >> I can confirm they're NOT binary compatible even without running >> clirr, because of the following reasons: >> > <snip/> > > We'll need to analyze with clirr anyway, minimally to produce good > release notes and 2.x -> 3.0 migration notes. > > Not all breaks are equal, so in below: > >> - deprecated APIs don't exist anymore; > <snap/> > > Permissible in major release. > >> - internals of annotations/xml modules have been rewritten as EDSL >> extensions; >> - some Digester methods changed signature, like Digester.pushParams( >> Object object ) versus the new Digester.pushParams( Object... object ) > <snip/> > > Above may be OK. > >> - due to all these changes, I took advantage to repackage classes to >> org.apache.commons.digester3 >> > <snap/> > > +1 to repackage. > >> Anyway I didn't break the pure Digester use as I did in the previous >> attempt, users are still able to bin rules using the usual pattern >> >> Digester d = new Digester(); >> d.addObjectCreate("foo", "mypackage.Foo"); >> ... >> > <snip/> > > This is useful IMO. > > -Rahul > > >> I would really appreciate if you have spare time to have a look at the >> code, I immagine you are quiet busy but there's no rush ;) >> Have a nice day, all the best!!! >> Simo >> >> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >> http://www.99soft.org/ >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Rahul Akolkar <rahul.akol...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Simone Tripodi >>> <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> New site is online, does someone have some spare time to check[1] and >>>> provide feedbacks about the merge proposal? >>> <snip/> >>> >>> Don't have much time, but if its now compatible with 2.x thats a good >>> thing :-) You may want to confirm using a clirr or equivalent report. >>> >>> -Rahul >>> >>> >>>> Thanks in advance, have a nice day!!! >>>> Simo >>>> >>>> [1] http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/digester3/ >>>> >>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >>>> http://www.99soft.org/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Simone Tripodi >>>> <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> Hi all guys, >>>>> after some day of work on Sandbox, I'm back to propose once again the >>>>> merge of my work in proper /trunk. >>>>> Failing my first attempt was good, because I had the opportunity to >>>>> learn a lot and this time the proposal is much better :P >>>>> >>>>> What I did: >>>>> >>>>> - moved the current sandbox in a separate branch; >>>>> - copied the current trunk in sandbox; >>>>> - polished APIs (few trivial checkstyle violations yet), removed >>>>> @Deprecated methods, added more power with generics; >>>>> - re-introduced - simplifying! - the Digester EDSL; >>>>> - removed old custom DigesterLoader for annotations/xml package. >>>>> >>>>> So, at the end of the day, this time users are still able to create >>>>> Digester instances using the old-fashioned APIs - even if they're >>>>> encouraged to use the more expressive fluent APIs - except when using >>>>> annotations/XML extensions. >>>>> >>>>> I still have to publish the site - it's the site on /trunk + EDSL >>>>> documentation - I'll do it as soon as I'll get home (I'm leaving the >>>>> office now) so you can see how APIs/Doc look >>>>> >>>>> Anyway interested people can start having a look at the component code on >>>>> SVN[1] >>>>> >>>>> Please send huge feedbacks!!! >>>>> Have a nice day! >>>>> Simo >>>>> >>>>> [1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/sandbox/digester3/trunk >>>>> >>>>> 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
