Could you file a JIRA with a patch? It sounds interesting and I do see the issues that you mention.
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Sergio Bossa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm working on a large project which will extensively use Apache Abdera. > We will have to support the OpenSearch (OS from now on) specification, > so while trying to enhance Abdera support for OS, I saw that the > AbstractProvider class, which is the core of the whole server > infrastructure, is poorly implemented as a bunch of "if" statements > depending on the TargetType for actual request processing. > This makes very hard to add request processing features to the > AbstractProvider, because it forces you to modify the class itself by > adding more and more "if" statements. > That said, I've refactored the AbstractProvider class, removed all > "if" statements and added the concept of "RequestProcessor", a > strategy-like interface to implement for request processing logic: by > doing so, adding request processing logic is just a matter of > implementing an interface and registering it under a given TargetType. > I've tested my work against all Abdera unit tests and everything works > fine. > > What do you think about that? > If you think it could be useful, I'd be more than happy to contribute it. > > Cheers, > > Sergio B. > > -- > Sergio Bossa > Software Passionate, Java Technologies Specialist and Open Source > Enthusiast. > Blog : http://sbtourist.blogspot.com > Sourcesense - making sense of Open Source : http://www.sourcesense.com > Pro-netics s.p.a. : http://www.pronetics.it > -- Dan Diephouse http://mulesource.com | http://netzooid.com/blog
