> From: Vadim Gritsenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > > >On Thursday 11 July 2002 22:44, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > > > > > >>. . . > > >>I'd like to propose we remove the SQLTransformer from > Cocoon 2.1 and > > >>newer releases, remove all SQLTransformer based samples > (or provide > esql > > >>alternatives). > > >> > > > > > >(I have no formal voting rights here but) > > >-1 > > > > > >Why remove a component that works? > > >This would certainly break some existing apps and annoy users. > > > > > >Maybe it could be marked "deprecated", as is done in java, > meaning it > won't > > >be developed any further and is not recommended for new projects. > > > > > And that has worked so well in Java.... hehe. Its been > deprecated for > > awhile. The documentation has said this. Officially > > Sun considers deprecated to mean that in future releases it may go > away. > > They're just lazy about doing it. This results in > > some things that work intermittantly which is the worst kind of bug. > > > > One reason is that its a maintenance drag, cocoon is undergoing some > > resonable re-engineering under the covers, along with Avalon. > Updating > > this deprecated class is a drag. > > > > As an alternative, perhaps we could move it off into something like > the > > scratchpad like a "oldstuff" or "compatibility-layer" kinda deal so > that > > it isn't included by default. > > > > Thoughts? > > Here is one... > > xml-cocoon2\src\scratchpad\src\org\apache\cocoon\taglib\Tag.java > > If this idea picks up, SQLTransformer will be re-implemented > as a set of > tags (one tag?), and ESQL will be deprecated.
Another options is to move all the shared functionality to helper classes or components and reuse them in both places. Konstantin > > :) > > > PS SQLTransformer code might be messy. But functionality it > provides is > valuable to some (many?) users. > > Vadim > > > -Andy > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
