Hi Wouter, I just put my comments in.
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 16:37, Wouter Zoons wrote: > yeah :-) wish we could have met at the conference, be sure to be present > next time :-) > If they lower the fees ... btw: shouldn't a conference named 'openXXX' not be free ;-) ... sorry, but that was too tempting - I'm selfemployed and not payed to go there ... > > The reasons I think we need some support for ... snip ... > agreed .. the reasons they're not in yet are > > 1. big todo list > 2. just changed employer .. a lot of work, a lot of expectations > 3. endless loop problem in bpm, this one is very tricky > 4. andromda 3.0 final needs to be released (first 3.0M3, next a period of > bugfixing and finally the release) > OK, I understand - may your expectations come true :-) ... snip ... > > [MK] 'Merging' something at runtime into the templates sounds good - but > > how does this work? Do you have an example? > > > > no :-) but did you read the email from Walter ? exciting idea, no ? It is, definitely! ... snip ... > > > I agree: adding generator features (especially if they introduce new > > tagged-values and/or slow down the generation process) should be done > > with care, but in this case I think it's really worth it. > > > > for these two specific items I agree .. but I have also people asking for > tagged values for positioning fields in a grid using coordinates, or > having tables in tabs etc.. in the meantime I need to make sure > combination keep working too > > I like to make the analogy with a powerful car .. I regular car, having > 130 horsepower is quite powerful yet easy to control, and when in a > competition could very well come out as a winner > > a sportscar having 450 horsepower does not neccesarily beat the one with > 130 hp., it depends on who's driving because it's too much to control for > most people > > it's the same with bpm4struts and feature .. I have a very strong feeling > that adding more features does not always mean more efficient development, > I'm even sure of it because it's what I experience at work, and I think I > can consider myself an advanced bpm4struts user :-) > You're right - I appreciate your scepticism: as the project evolves it's getting its own life - and adding the right features at the right place is one of the hardest in software development ;-) But I thought this was a 'understandable' and platform-/layout-independent feature (which in my eyes any positioning is not). > > > > Also I cannot see that it will break some existent feature, nor will it > > make modeling more complicated. > > > > So, to answer your question: currently I see no better way. Also I > > cannot see how the merging of XML-files at generator-runtime could help > > here - could you explain that a bit more detailed? > > > > allow me to refer once more to today's email from Walter .. he explained > it well Walters approach is indeed very promising for further development, but it will not make it into 3.0, or will it? cheers, Matthias ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Andromda-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/andromda-user
