From: Carsten Ziegeler > Reinhard P�tz wrote: > > > > In the scratchpad we have a CastorTransformer. I'm not sure but I > > think that it is a rather long time there. Is it in use and > stable and > > is it time to move it in the main trunk or can we remove it. > > > > I also found a CastorSourceConverter in the portal > framework. What are > > the differences? Can they be unified? > > > I don't now the CastorTransformer, but the > CastorSourceConverter. The converter is an avalon component > that "converts" io streams from and to java objects. So, you > can read an xml file using castor and get the mapped objects > and vice versa. I guess, this is a more general approach then > the transformer. > > In general, I guess as well that they can somehow be unified, > e.g. the transformer could use the source converter. I think > there is also a patch for the transformer in bugzilla.
Thank you Carsten! Cheers, Reinhard
