Hell André
2014-02-11 20:01 GMT+01:00 André Diermann <andre.dierm...@gmail.com>: > Hi Benedikt, > > many thanks for your kind introduction. :-) I also think jumping into the > code will do most, that's where I start for now. What I have seen so far > looks quite promising, especially the test coverage, hence it's maybe hard > for me to find big improvements. ... You don't have to come up with major improvements to contribute. If there is anything that catches your eyes, even if it just a local variable with a bad name, don't hesitate to patch that. One area that really needs some attention is the AccessibleObjectsRegistry. We copied it from the old BeanUtils and the core there is really complicated. So maybe you find ways to make that easier to understand. > you mentioned a requirement for BU2 is > to provide an equal set of features as the standard BU. I think searching > for corresponding features gaps during my "exercise" might be beneficial > somehow - or are they already captured somewhere? > Currently those features are only captured in my head :-) You can use our wiki [1] to document the stuff that has to go into BeanUtils or even better create tickets in Jira. Regards, Benedikt [1] http://wiki.apache.org/commons/FrontPage > > Thank you so far. > > Regards, > André > > > 2014-02-11 16:58 GMT+01:00 Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org>: > > > Hello André, > > > > nice that you're interested in BU2, welcome to this list. > > > > > > 2014-02-11 12:26 GMT+01:00 André Diermann <andre.dierm...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I stumbled upon the BeanUtils2 project which looks quite interessing to > > me. > > > Do you have any future plans? (When) Will it replace the BeanUtils > > > component? > > > > > > > We don't have a fixed development schedule. We're all working on projects > > in our free time, so we release stuff, when "it's done". WRT BeanUtils2, > we > > currently have a stable state in trunk, which implements a subset of the > > functionality provided by BeanUtils. BeanUtils2 should have all > > capabilities of BeanUtils before it can be released as a replacement. > I've > > fought about releasing trunk as 0.1, but I feared the binary > compatibility > > discussions that this approach would lead to :-) > > > > So hear are the things that would have to go into BU2 before it can be > > released as a replacement for BeanUtils: > > > > - evaluation of property paths: BeanUtils.setProperty(myBean, > > "adress.street", "5th Ave"); > > - Conversation between data types > > - The caching has to be reworked, because it relies on static fields that > > always cause trouble in multi class loader environments > > - possibilities to configure custom BeanUtils instances > > > > > > > > > > I'm highly interested in contributing to this project. Please let me > > know, > > > if you plan to continue work on that project and how I might help you. > > > > > > > I'm working mainly on [lang], but I can review patches. Patches are > > contributed through our JIRA. Just open an issue and attach a svn diff > file > > to it. Please make sure that you have filed an ICLA [1]. You should also > > read the material on our websites [2,3,4]. > > > > If you really want to join development of BU2, I'd recommend that you > have > > a look at trunk and play around with it a bit. Is there something you can > > improve? Are there test cases missing? This are always good exercises for > > getting started. > > > > After that we should discuss the topics I've mentioned above. > > > > HTH, > > Benedikt > > > > [1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/ > > [2] http://commons.apache.org/volunteering.html > > [3] http://commons.apache.org/patches.html > > [4] https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Regards, > > > André > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://people.apache.org/~britter/ > > http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ > > http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter > > http://github.com/britter > > > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
