Steve Loughran wrote:
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As and when I complete the second edition of Java development with Ant
(yes, I am behind schedule), there will be some sample stuff that does it
more simply. I havent written the target to zip up all the source tree to
provide an example, but I could do that in the next couple of days if
you'd like.
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Thanks, Steve, that would be incredibly helpful if you could.
BTW I'm really looking forward to the book, so I hope you haven't got too
much left to do!
well, the 'big project' chapter did take about 10 weeks all in; it is
probably so big that it should split into two.
But I'm backing off from any XDoclet coverage because
-XDoclet 1.2.x doesnt work on java1.5
-XDoclet 2.0 isnt there yet
-Java 5 annotations threaten the value of the tool
XDoclet 1.2.x doesnt work on java1.5???
I had no idea - I had to stick with java1.4 on my last project. Ignorance is
bliss, as they say...
You got me scurrying to Google, though, and there would now appear to be an
XJavaDoc snapshot release which lets you use XDoclet 1.2.x with Java 1.5.,
although it wasn't immediately apparent whether this just meant that XDoclet
would crash if your non-annotated code uses Java 1.5 features, or whether
you could actually annotate Java1.5 constructs like fields using generics.
However, there aint java5 annotations for doing taglibs, servlet
declarations, or even (I believe) hibernate bindings. All we get are stuff
to do with EJB3 (sigh) and JAX-RPC 2.0 bindings of methods to SOAP calls
(IMO, RPC is the wrong metaphor for distributed computing over SOAP). Which
is what you get when you have JCP working groups full of EJB and WS
vendors.
I couldn't agree with you more. You only have to look at the JDO vs EJB
fiasco to wonder whether it is a good idea to let the big vendors have so
much influence...
Who is doing the java5 annotations for taglibs, servlets &c? Maybe there is
something in tomcat-land. Otherwise I Dont know what to say on that topic.
Sorry, I'm afraid I can't offer anything here. I'd like to think that
someone was on to this even though I don't find myself writing many taglibs
of servlets these days...
Regards,
Lawrie
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