Hi!

> How about, because our sponsors want us to keep JDK 1.1 compatability.
> Do you think that's a good enough reason? I think it's a great
> reason...they make it possible for Castor to remain free of charge and
> open source. 
> 
> > In the area of Collections, 1.2 added some very important functionality.
> >  Why not support it?  (I for one feel it is essential)
> 
> I never said we wouldn't support 1.2...AND WE DO have support for 1.2 in
> both the source code generator and the mapping framework.
> 
> I simply said, we need to maintain JDK 1.1 compatability. JDK 1.2
> compatability needs to be added in a way that it doesn't break JDK 1.1
> compatability, that's all.
> 
> Castor-XML needs to remain JDK agnostic. This simply means we need to be
> creative when we add support for JDK 1.2, such as using collection
> handlers and wrapper classes, etc.
> 
> Glenn is maintaining his changes and has made them available. So if you
> wish to use them, feel free to do so. That's why he made them available.
> For people like you, who feel it's essential.
What about a factory class wich generates ArrayLists ? I've posted such
a class a few weeks ago on this list. It makes no changes to core. It
must only be inserted into the castor.properties.

Regards, Marc

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