Patrick, Does the source code live in the xmlbeans cvs tree?
thanks, dims On Fri, 21 May 2004 11:53:41 -0700, Patrick Calahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > At 10:59 AM 5/21/2004 -0500, Dain Sundstrom wrote: > >Patrick, > > > >I have heard a lot of good things about JAM, but have not looked at it > >yet. In Geronimo we would like to offer support for annotations in the > >GBean service layer, but that would mean using a 1.5 VM. I don't see us > >raising the minimum required VM to 1.5 until J2EE 1.5 comes out > >(2007-2008?). I only see this desire to use an annotation like system > >expanding as more users adopt java 1.5, so if JAM can provide an upgrade > >path I for one would be very interested. > > Right, I have exactly the same problem in xml-beans, so that is what JAM is > designed to solve. > > > >BTW where is the current documentation for JAM? The links on > >http://www.pcal.net/jam don't seem to be valid anymore. > > Hi Dain. My apologies, I'm a bit still trying to get my online house in > order. I just refreshed the docs - you can see them at > > http://www.pcal.net/jam/docs/index.html > > I should have the binaries and sources available for download very soon as > well. > > Thanks, > -p > > > > > >-dain > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Patrick Calahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 15:27 > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Fwd: moving JAM to org.apache.jam > >> > >> > >>Hello. I'm a committer on the xml-beans project. As part of my work > >>there, I've written an API called 'JAM' (Java API for Metadata) that is > >>becoming a useful technology in its own right. JAM is distinct from > >>xml-beans - it is used by xbean's java-to-schema compilers, but JAM does > >>not use xbeans at all. > >> > >>I built JAM to solve a particular set of problems that I have relating to > >>metadata and JSR175, and I believe that many other java developers are > >>going to need a solution to those same problems very soon. I already have > >>some consumers of the API who don't care about xbeans - they only want the > >>services that JAM provides. > >> > >>Accordingly, I am trying to give it some more visibility. One thing I > >>would like to do is give it a better package name; it currently is > >> > >> org.apache.xmlbean.impl.jam > >> > >>Ideally, I would like it to be > >> > >> org.apache.jam > >> > >>but I'm not sure what Apache's policies are on using top-level package > >>names - I figured I'd better talk to someone about it first. I bounced the > >>idea off of the xmlbeans-dev list last week, and everyone there seems ok > >>with it (email appended). > >> > >>Ultimately, I really think JAM should be a separate project. I'd love for > >>it to be an Apache project if possible, though I'm not sure what I should > >>do to start that process. > >> > >>If you want to read more about JAM, I've temporarily posted the docs and > >>some white papers here: > >> > >> http://www.pcal.net/jam > >> > >> > >>Thanks, > >>-p > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
