Chart processing should be created in a package separate from the spreadsheet packages so that the word processing and presentation packages can use them as well. In the XML world, these are defined in a separate portion of the spec, and just have hooks from Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. The existing chart functionality is too tightly tied to the Excel packages.
-----Original Message----- From: Greg Woolsey [mailto:greg.wool...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2017 1:14 PM To: POI Developers List <dev@poi.apache.org> Subject: Re: GSOC mentee I'd like to be in the loop too, if anything gets moving, as I have some chart support requirements and ideas I've been considering, and would like to ensure easy integration with the Vaadin Spreadsheet product. On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 10:11 AM Javen O'Neal <one...@apache.org> wrote: > Excel Chart support is certainly an area where help is needed, and > it's pretty well sized for one summer worth of effort. > > I'd be happy to mentor you with Chart support. > > I've haven't looked into GSOC mentor or mentee requirements yet, but I > imagine it includes creating a plan for what you want to accomplish in > terms of skills (subversion/git, creating patches, building, unit > tests, > collaboration) and the scope of the changes you will make (chart > types, formula support, pivot charts, rendering to PNG, embedded Excel > charts in Word and PowerPoint, etc). > > What are *you* most interested in working on? > Your homework is to outline a few of the Java classes you will be > working with. This will show us that you know how to check out the > code, can read Java, gain a preliminary understanding of the POI > package structure, and have a vision for the direction that POI should be > headed. > > On Mar 2, 2017 02:26, "Piyush Sharma" <ps26...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > I was looking forward to getting into GSOC with apache.org ! Apache > > poi > is > > something that I've worked with for one of my projects previously. > > I am pretty much interested in working with apache POI. I would > > really be glad if anyone would point me in the right direction as to > > what would be the right set of deliverables to get accepted in GSOC > > with apache poi, or > even > > better mentor me to work with poi. > > > > One of the issues that caught my eye was enhancement for chart > > support in Excel. I am currently a 3rd year CSE student at BITS > > Pilani, University (INDIA). I think I have the time and the > > dedication to be very well > devoted > > to contributing to open source. > > > > Looking forward for a reply. Thanking in anticipation. > > > > Cheers > > Piyush Sharma > > >
