On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 09:48 PM, Ivelin Ivanov wrote:
> > 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. Um, shameless plug, try out XSLT-process for (X)Emacs ;) It doesn't yet integrate with the Java debugger, but it can be definitely implemented. I'm sure commercial vendors already have this though. Cheers, Ovidiu > ----- 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]
