> Berin Loritsch wrote: > > giacomo wrote: > > > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Carsten Ziegeler wrote: > > > > > Hi Avalon Team, hi Cocoon Team, > > > > > > we had some weeks ago discussions about moving common > > > components from Cocoon to Avalon. Both communitites > > > agreed to this step. > > > > > > So, I think we should now start to identify the components > > > we could give to Avalon. As a first start I would > > > propose the following: > > > > > > - XML Parser > > > - XSLT Processor > > > - XPath > > > - Resolver (Entity Resolver) > > > - XMLSerializer/XMLDeserializer (The XML to byte stream > > > compiler/interpreter) > > > - SourceHandler/SourceFactory/Source > > > > +1 on all above > > Neeme started on the XPath Component so he can use it for i18n > > > > One of the most important components I think is the > SourceHandler which > > > is a replacement of the java.net.URL classes. It allows to define own > > > protocols > > > (like cocoon:, or cvs: etc) in a server environment. Many > projects (Cocoon, > > > Batik, perhaps soon FOP etc) have their own implementations > which makes > > > integrating > > > same difficult and sometimes impossible. > > > > This means we have to convice them to change from URL to SourceHandler > > to have a smooth integration into Cocoon, right? > > Batik already has it's own mechanism which is also very nice. It might > be worth it to take a look at it. FOP doesn't have anything like that, > I placed a feature enhancement request into BugZilla for them, but no > activity has happened on it yet. > > > > In addition Cocoon uses some interfaces (in the org.apache.cocoon.xml > > > package), > > > like XMLConsumer, XMLizable etc which are right placed in Avalon, too. > > > > +1, there package/classes/interfaces will interfer with the one above > > because an XSLTProcessor is an XMLConsumer. Should the Abstract > > implementations move into Excalibur as well? > > As long as they are not Cocoon specific. > > > > If we have identified the components to move/donate, we > should start discuss > > > if they should be moved unchanged or if they could be redesigned. But > > > this should be the second step. > > > > > > So, are there more components we could donate? > > > Avalon Team, are you interested in this? > > We are interested in it. We just have limited time. > > > > What's the correct procedure for this? > > Find someone with the time.... > Hm, OK, is there someone with time for it in the Avalon Team? I would propose myself (being a little bit egoistic), but unfortunately I'm not an Avalon comitter.
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