+1 On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Maurizio Cucchiara < maurizio.cucchi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 > > On 23 April 2011 16:14, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > +1 <binding> > > Ralph > > > > On Apr 23, 2011, at 4:57 AM, Simone Tripodi wrote: > > > >> Hi all ASF mates, > >> I'm writing to submit a new incubator proposal, Apache OGNL. > >> Follows below the proposal; this vote will be open for 72 hours and > >> will be closed on April 26th (Tue) at 12:00 am CET. > >> Many thanks in advance to everyone will take pat to the vote! > >> Have a nice weekend, > >> Simo > >> > >> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ > >> http://www.99soft.org/ > >> > >> Apache OGNL > >> > >> Abstract > >> The following proposal is about Apache OGNL, a Java development > >> framework for Object-Graph Navigation Language, plus other extras such > >> as list projection[1], selection[2] and lambda expressions[3]. > >> > >> Proposal > >> OGNL started out as a way to set up associations between UI components > >> and controllers using property names. As the desire for more > >> complicated associations grew, Drew Davidson created what he called > >> KVCL, for Key-Value Coding Language, egged on by Luke Blanshard. Luke > >> then reimplemented the language using ANTLR, came up with the new > >> name, and, egged on by Drew, filled it out to its current state. Later > >> on Luke again reimplemented the language using JavaCC. Further > >> maintenance on all the code is done by Drew (with spiritual guidance > >> from Luke). > >> Today OGNL is maintained by Lukasz Lenart. > >> > >> Background > >> OGNL is a long living project born in the 1997 thanks to Drew Davidson > >> initial effort, moved under the OpenSymphony[4] umbrella in June 2005 > >> or thereabouts, then moved on its own domain on ognl.org[5] that's no > >> more maintained, then finally found place on GitHub[6], maintained by > >> Lukasz Lenart. > >> > >> Rationale > >> OGNL stands for Object Graph Navigation Language. It is an expression > >> and binding language for getting and setting properties of Java > >> objects. Normally the same expression is used for both getting and > >> setting the value of a property. > >> > >> Many people have asked exactly what OGNL is good for. Several of the > >> uses to which OGNL has been applied are: > >> > >> * A binding language between GUI elements (textfield, combobox, etc.) > >> to model objects. Transformations are made easier by OGNL's > >> TypeConverter mechanism to convert values from one type to another > >> (String to numeric types, for example). > >> * A data source language to map between table columns and a Swing > TableModel. > >> * A binding language between web components and the underlying model > >> objects (WebOGNL, Tapestry, WebWork, WebObjects). > >> * A more expressive replacement for the property-getting language > >> used by the Apache Commons BeanUtils package or JSTL's EL (which only > >> allow simple property navigation and rudimentary indexed properties). > >> > >> Most of what you can do in Java is possible in OGNL, plus other extras > >> such as list projection and selection and lambda expressions. > >> > >> Current Status > >> > >> Meritocracy > >> As a majority of the initial project members are existing ASF > >> committers, we recognize the desirability of running the project as a > >> meritocracy. We are eager to engage other members of the community > >> and operate to the standard of meritocracy that Apache emphasizes; we > >> believe this is the most effective method of growing our community and > >> enabling widespread adoption. > >> > >> Core Developers > >> In alphabetical order: > >> > >> * Antonio Petrelli <apetrelli at apache dot org> > >> * Christian Grobmeier <grobmeier at apache dot org> > >> * Jesse Kuhnert <jkuhnert at apache dot org> > >> * Jochen Wiedmann <jochen at apache dot org> > >> * Lukasz Lenart <lukaszlenart at apache dot org> > >> * Olivier Lamy <olamy at apache dot org> > >> * Marc Andrew Davidson <drewd at apple dot com> > >> * Maurizio Cucchiara <mcucchiara at apache dot org> > >> * Simone Tripodi <simonetripodi at apache dot org> > >> * Upayavira <upayavira at apache dot org> > >> > >> Alignment > >> The purpose of the project is to develop and maintain OGNL > >> implementation that can be used by other Apache projects. > >> > >> Known Risks > >> Orphaned Products > >> Being OGNL widely adopted we believe there is minimal risks of this > >> work becoming non-strategic and the contributors are confident that a > >> larger community will form within the project in a relatively short > >> space of time. > >> > >> Moreover, OGNL has been already used by the following projects for > years: > >> > >> * Apache Struts; > >> * Apache Tapestry; > >> * Apache Camel; > >> * Apache Tiles; > >> * MyBatis (formerly Apache iBATIS); > >> * Spring WebFlow. > >> > >> Inexperience with Open Source > >> All of the committers have experience working in one or more open > >> source projects inside and outside ASF. > >> > >> Homogeneous Developers > >> The list of initial committers are geographically distributed across > >> the USA and Europe with no one company being associated with a > >> majority of the developers. Many of these initial developers are > >> experienced Apache committers already and all are experienced with > >> working in distributed development communities. > >> > >> Reliance on Salaried Developers > >> To the best of our knowledge, none of the initial committers are being > >> paid to develop code for this project. > >> > >> Relationships with Other Apache Products > >> A number of existing ASF projects already benefit from OGNL > >> implementation, including Apache Struts, Apache Tapestry, Apache Tiles > >> and Apache Camel. It is hoped that members of those projects will be > >> interested in contributing to and adopting this implementation. > >> > >> A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand > >> OGNL fits naturally in the ASF because : > >> > >> * It is already adopted by ASF Projects; > >> * It is a key component on which many other projects can depend on. > >> > >> Documentation > >> 1. The original OGNL HomePage[7] > >> 2. The OGNL Language Guide[8] > >> 3. The OGNL Developer Guide[9] > >> > >> Initial Source > >> The intial source comprises code developed on GitHub[6] contributed > >> under Grant from Marc A. Davidson for OGNL. > >> > >> Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan > >> Source code will be moved from GitHub[6] space inside the SVN space of > >> the podling, contributed under Grant from Marc A. Davidson for OGNL. > >> > >> External Dependencies > >> Currently OGNL depends on Javassist[10], that's released under dual > >> license MPL (the license under which javassist is usually distributed) > >> and LGPL2.1 (the license under which javassist is distributed when it > >> is bundled with JBoss). > >> Since MPL is one of Reciprocal Licenses[11], we intend to respect the > >> Javassist inclusion under conditions described on that page. > >> > >> Cryptography > >> The project does not handle cryptography in any way. > >> > >> Required Resources > >> * Mailing lists > >> * ognl-private (with moderated subscriptions) > >> * ognl-dev > >> * ognl-user > >> * ognl-commits > >> * Subversion directory > >> * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ognl > >> * Website > >> * Confluence (OGNL) > >> * Issue Tracking > >> * JIRA (OGNL) > >> > >> Initial Committers > >> Names of initial committers - in alphabetical order - with affiliation > >> and current ASF status: > >> > >> * Antonio Petrelli <apetrelli at apache dot org> (PMC Member) > >> * Christian Grobmeier <grobmeier at apache dot org> (ASF Member) > >> * Jesse Kuhnert <jkuhnert at apache dot org> (PMC Member) > >> * Jochen Wiedmann <jochen at apache dot org> (PMC Member) > >> * Lukasz Lenart <lukaszlenart at apache dot org> (ASF Member) > >> * Olivier Lamy <olamy at apache dot org> (ASF Member) > >> * Marc Andrew Davidson <drewd at apple dot com> (ICLA signed) > >> * Maurizio Cucchiara <mcucchiara at apache dot org> (Committer) > >> * Simone Tripodi <simonetripodi at apache dot org> (PMC Member) > >> * Upayavira <upayavira at apache dot org> (ASF Member) > >> > >> Sponsors > >> Champion > >> * Lukasz Lenart > >> > >> Nominated Mentors > >> * Christian Grobmeier <grobmeier at apache dot org> > >> * Jochen Wiedmann <jochen at apache dot org> > >> * Olivier Lamy <olamy at apache dot org> > >> * Upayavira <upayavira at apache dot org> > >> > >> Sponsoring Entity > >> * Apache Incubator PMC - voting passed[12] > >> > >> Other interested people (in alphabetical order) > >> * Dave Newton <davelnewton at gmail dot com> > >> * Nuwan Arambage <nuwan dot arambage at gmail dot com> > >> * Tiger Gui <tigergui1990 at gmail dot com> > >> * Xun Long Gui <ustbcoder at gmail dot com> (already worked on > >> Commons SCXML on Sandbox[13] for GSoC 2010) > >> > >> [1] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/LanguageGuide/projection.html > >> [2] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/LanguageGuide/selection.html > >> [3] > http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/LanguageGuide/lambdaExpressions.html > >> [4] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/ > >> [5] http://www.ognl.org/ > >> [6] https://github.com/jkuhnert/ognl/ > >> [7] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/ > >> [8] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/LanguageGuide/index.html > >> [8] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/DeveloperGuide/index.html > >> [10] http://www.csg.is.titech.ac.jp/~chiba/javassist/ > >> [11] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html > >> [12] http://markmail.org/message/ylt25u5doktxuorl > >> [13] > http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/gsoc/2010/scxml-eclipse/index.html > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > -- > Maurizio Cucchiara > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
