On 09/09/2011 10:33, Thorsten Scherler wrote:
...
Hmm, Jakarta RegExp does some things different and IMO much better then 
java.util. Even if it is retired that does not mean it is not worth using it, 
more since this way the component works exactly as in our prior versions. Not 
sure when I will find the time to look into a rewrite to use java regex.
I second Francesco that we should get rid of Jakarta RegExp before 3.0.
In the long run will pay off to use a good standard rather than a better 
non-standard.

When you say Jakarta does it different and better do you refer to the API or 
the regexp syntax?
If it is just converting the API calls, I can help.

I wonder whether for the average user it would not be more convenient if 
DirectoryGenerator would accept the same Ant-style globs as map:match rather 
than full-blown Perl-style regexps.
I agree that using standards is better more if we can drop some deps.
Like pointed out before I will try to look into it but it is ATM not very high 
on my crowed TODO list.

I guess it is not that difficult and maybe a fine contribution for someone from 
the community. Hey we are always looking for new committers.

For anyone wanting to contribute: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COCOON3-76.

Regards.

--
Francesco Chicchiriccò

Apache Cocoon Committer and PMC Member
http://people.apache.org/~ilgrosso/

Reply via email to