On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi David, > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:07 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Unfortunately I don't know how compatible spring 2.5 is with xbean-spring >> and AFAIK no one has changed the documentation recently. I've heard rumors >> that spring now has something sort of similar and almost as good as >> xbean-spring so if true it might be worth switching. >> > > Yeah I looked at the XML schema support but it seems more involved and > invasive than using XBean since XBean uses Javadoc tags that do not require > any additional dependencies on sources as opposed to using annotations. > > >> >> If I was doing it over again I'd look into using jaxb rather than spring >> but I don't know of any actual projects that have succeeded in doing >> something like this.... it also might tie you to xml more than you like. >> > > Interesting. Well right now I'm trying not to make major decisions and > just trying to upgrade to MINA 2.0. In doing this I noticed that some > classes (which extend MINA classes) you created to make things work well > with XBean are not broken because MINA has made their superior types final > preventing extension. > errr ... meant to say are now broken. > > > So I've looked back into the repository and found your old mina-xbean > module and am trying to work that to create an XBean usable xsd for MINA. > Perhaps this will help overcome some of the sticky issues with using simple > Spring configuration. I noticed that XBean makes doing constructor > injection and other things easier and clearer in general. > > So I'm just trying to do the minimum required to be able to migrate to 2.0 > but it's not easy for me being a Spring/Xbean novice. It's great to be able > to bounce things off you - appreciate your comments. Thanks. > > >> >> Sorry I don't know more >> > > No worries this is good information. Hope you don't mind my pinging you > occasionally as I attempt to do this. Feeling pretty dumb already :). > > Thanks, > Alex > > david jencks >> >> On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Alex Karasulu wrote: >> >> Also Dave could you point me in the direction of some XBean >> documentation. Last time I checked there was not much - hoping that some >> might have been added since then. If not I guess I can look at test cases >> to get a better understanding of how to use it. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> >> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> Do you see any potential issue with moving to Spring 2.5.x WRT XBean? I >>> was thinking of upgrading but thought I'd check with you first. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Alex >>> >> >> >> >
