On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 03:58 PM, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > People, > > Neal Gafter is about to start the process for a new JSR on Java > Compiler API which would hopefully make it fir Tiger (aka Java 1.5). > He asked me if there are people interested in helping out with the > details of bootstrapping this from Apache and since we (and Tomcat) > are the one who need this the most (for XSP and sitemap compilation), > I thought about asking here. > > The idea is to allow us to compile stuff without having to use the > filesystem to retrieve both the source file and the classes on which > the code to be compiled depend upon. > > So, if you are a committer and want to join, just raise your hand and > we'll see what happens.
I'd be interested in this work too. I'd actually go a bit further in what gets exposed by the compiler. I'd like to see the syntax tree exposed as well, so it should be possible to build Java preprocessors and program syntax manipulation tools without the need for an external tool like JavaCC, Antlr etc that use their own (often incomplete) Java grammar. This would come in handy for generating syntax beautifiers and other nifty tools, not necessarily in the context of Cocoon. I don't know if that is possible with the current compiler, but is worth investigating. Regards, Ovidiu -- Ovidiu Predescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://webweavertech.com/ovidiu/weblog/ (Weblog) http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/7464/ (Apache, GNU, Emacs ...) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
