For #2, we should go with the JDK provided JAXB, which is the direction we are going for new code in Geronimo....
-Donald On 3/29/10 8:27 AM, Simone Tripodi wrote: > Hi all guys, > during the package move, I noticed few minor points I'd like to > discuss with you all: > > 1) a conversion utility has been (re)implemented, so I wonder why we > don't reuse the Apache Commons BeanUtils (already in the dependencies) > built in ConverterUtils instead of reimplementing stuff. > What do you think about it? > > 2) about the XML libraries: I noticed we've JAXB and XStream > dependencies, since our scope AFAIK is just parsing XML, wouldn't more > convenient, with the objective of reducing the number of dependencies, > just use the Apache Commons Digester instead? The only big dependency > it has is the Apache Commons BeanUtils (already in the > dependencies).... > > Sorry for the silly questions and thanks in advance for your reply :) > All the best! > Simo > > http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >
