Almost forgot this but then again stumbled over the left-over bugs a couple of times. So this is fixed now as discussed: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=680378&view=rev
As long as external extensions derive from FONode or XMLObj everything should work as before. Otherwise, the change might still cause problems when super.characters() isn't called by a subclass of FONode. FONode.addCharacters() is now deprecated. On 09.07.2008 19:42:24 Andreas Delmelle wrote: > On Jul 9, 2008, at 11:06, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > > On 09.07.2008 10:45:35 Max Berger wrote: > >> My favorite solution would be: Provide the new semantics with a new > >> signature (or method name), and keep the old one as "deprecated" > >> for at > >> least 1 release (Then all plugin developers have enough time to > >> adjust), > >> then remove it. > > > > +1 to that approach. I volunteer to do the necessary changes if we > > reach > > a consensus. > > Well, why not? Seems like a good compromise. Have the old method > compute the end-index off the passed length, and delegate the call > the new version... > Then you can actually /see/ how silly it looked, and why I decided to > make the change in the first place. > > The end-result will be the same, only it will take a few more months... > In the meantime, I'll see if I can pass you some other info about the > future. ;-) > > > Cheers > > Andreas Jeremias Maerki
