I am interested to participate in the discovery stage. If I can bring enough value I will stay longer in the group.
I assume this standard covers XSLTC as well. Is the XSLTC team invited ? What I would like to see in future is XSLT and Java programs being compiled and debugged in the same environment. Ivelin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ovidiu Predescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:05 PM Subject: Re: new JSR on Java Compiler API > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
