hello Jerome, On Friday 26 December 2008 19:20:03 Jerome Louvel wrote: > Hi Raif, > > The main reason for using manual DOM-based parsing of XML files is mainly > to prevent any dependency beside JDK/JRE API. > > Also, the restlet.xsd schema is trying to match exactly the structure and > property of Restlet API classes. In some way, the API classes are the DAO > beans... definitely a special case in my mind. > > Another major concern is keeping the core Restlet as compact as possible. > It would be possible to add those DAO beans in the Restlet engine package > though without cluttering the Restlet API itself. > > In a normal project, I would definitely not write the XML code by hand > and prefer a generated approach like JAXB or EMF. > > Anyway, you make a good point regarding the support of other > serialization formats (JSON would be nice). I suggest that you open a RFE > to cover those requirements and remarks so we keep thinking about them in > the future.
done: http://restlet.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=696 > Regarding the next steps for security, I'll reply to the other thread > "securing Restlet" :) great! > Best regards, > Jerome Louvel > -- > Restlet ~ Founder and Lead developer ~ http://www.restlet.org > Noelios Technologies ~ Co-founder ~ http://www.noelios.com > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Raif S. Naffah [mailto:[email protected]] > Envoye : jeudi 25 decembre 2008 08:03 > A : [email protected] > Cc : Jerome Louvel > Objet : Re: contributing - areas of interest > > hello Jerome, > > On Wednesday 24 December 2008 06:56:47 Jerome Louvel wrote: > > Hi Raif, > > > > Cool! > > > > * Java Bindings to XML Schemas: we already support JAXB and JiBX > > technologies. What would adding an extension for XMLBeans add > > (pros/cons)? There are many serializations technologies to consider > > (Castor comes to mind) so we need to be very selective in what we add > > to the main Restlet project. > > i thought of this while working on the patch for supporting "init-param" > (Issue #670) in the org.restlet package and not as another Extension. > the current code relies only on the DOM structure of a restlet.xml file. > my suggestion is to replace those bits by (a) pre-compiling > schema-to-Java bindings for whatever is defined in the Components.xsd > --which today is not much but could be a subject of change depending on > how authentication and authorization will be configured in the future-- > and (b) replacing the Component and other classes configuration and > initialization based on the Data Access Objects representing a successful > parsing of a restlet.xml. > > the current code has the advantage of not relying on other than a JDK but > also has the disadvantage IMO of not separating the configuration from > the other life-cycle states of software components. in addition having > those Java Binding classes would allow configuring a Restlet application > through other than a restlet.xml file. > > > * authorization toolkit: thanks for the pointer to Tomcat Realms, I've > > added a comment about it in issue #505. This is definitely an area that > > would benefit from contributions during Restlet 1.2 development cycle! > > great. > > > * KML/KMZ support: this might be a too application specific to fit into > > the main Restlet project, but you could start a dedicated open source > > project (for example on Google Code), that would leverage Restlet. We > > would be happy to point users to it and support you. > > makes sense. > > > what's the next step? > > > Best regards, > > Jerome Louvel > > -- > > Restlet ~ Founder and Lead developer ~ http://www.restlet.org > > Noelios Technologies ~ Co-founder ~ http://www.noelios.com > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : Raif S. Naffah [mailto:[email protected]] > > Envoye : lundi 8 decembre 2008 09:05 > > A : [email protected] > > Objet : contributing - areas of interest > > > > hello there, > > > > (i'm sending this again since it does not look like it made it to the > > list the first time around). > > > > i'd like to contribute to this project in my free time. > > > > areas of interests which i've identified so far --and am personally > > interested in-- are: > > > > * Java Bindings to XML Schemas: replace XML parsing with pre-generated > > classes (XMLBeans xmlbeans.apache.org) from published/known schemas; > > e.g. the parsing of the restlet.xml. > > > > * authorization toolkit: something equivalent to what is available with > > servlets in Apache Tomcat; see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0- > > doc/realm-howto.html. > > > > * KML/KMZ support: something beyond issue #677; more like a SPI toolkit > > to allow building KML files (e.g. from a CSV document). > > > > > > if this is of interest to the project maintainers, then pls. let me > > know how to proceed next. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId= > >98 1057 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId= > >99 0910 -- cheers; rsn ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=992849
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