+1. I have done some of this privately (like generics). Having an official version would be so useful.
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Elijah Zupancic <eli...@zupancic.name> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been a active user for a number of years now and a big fan of the > project. I'm a total beginner when it comes to contributing on Apache > projects, so please bear with me. > > The code base for Apache Chain is starting to feel more and more > dated. I would like to see the following changes in the project: > > * Upgrading the source code to 1.6. > * Supporting generics on commands, so that we get something like > Command<MyContext> > * Switching the logging API over to SLF4J, so that we can swap out > logging implementations > * Using the new java.util.concurrency classes to handle thread safety as > needed. > * Removing deprecated methods. > > I realize that I am suggestion rather drastic API changes that may > break the existing API and that is why I'm suggesting a 2.0. I have a > prototype that I am working on and I do not see it being a lot of work > to accomplish the above tasks. > > Would a 2.0 version of Chain be useful to anyone? Or should I just > fork the project for my own needs and release it independently like > the Commons Collections with Generics? > > I know that I'm assuming a lot and diving in head first here, so thank > you ahead of time for any replies. > > -Elijah Zupancic > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
