Hi Robert Awesome! Thanks a lot! I'll try to check the mailing lists more often again.
Cheers, Jeremias Maerki On 26.09.2013 13:18:27 Robert Meyer wrote: > Hi Jeremias, > > Thanks for your message. I haven't got that far on restructuring aspect yet > and since you have objections, I think that sub-classing would be a workable > and better option. I am aiming to do this within the next few weeks and so > will post an update here on how it goes. > > Regards, > > Robert Meyer > > > Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:04:53 +0200 > > From: d...@jeremias-maerki.ch > > To: fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Move PSGraphics2D and other shading classes from XGC to FOP > > > > Hi Robert > > > > I know I am probably too late but I'm swamped right now and haven't > > followed the mailing lists that frequently in the last weeks. If it is > > possible to add that functionality by subclassing PSGraphics2D inside > > FOP, then I object to the move. Those classes have been moved from FOP > > to XGC in the past since they have no dependency on FOP and (more > > importantly) have their uses outside the context of Batik and FOP. I'm > > using PSDocumentGraphics2D separately from FOP and Batik in one of my > > projects. Therefore I wouldn't be happy to see that move back to FOP. > > > > Thanks, > > Jeremias Maerki > > > > > > On 20.09.2013 17:00:10 Robert Meyer wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am looking to add Postscript Radial and Axial shading patterns to FOP. > > > The class to change to allow this is PSGraphics2D and PSTilingPattern > > > which exists in the XGC project. This wouldn't be a problem except that > > > to modify the code to handle these new patterns I would need to create a > > > reference to Batik from XGC. This is because Radial and Axial calls are > > > made using Batik classes such as RadialGradientPaint. > > > > > > Having looked at the XGC code it seems that both classes to be modified > > > are not needed specifically in XGC and therefore to avoid having to > > > create a reference to Batik, I am planning on moving them to FOP. If you > > > have any concerns with this move, please feel free to let me know. If I > > > don't hear anything back on this then I'll assume lazy consensus and go > > > ahead with the move. I'll post a patch a week before I apply it. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Robert Meyer > > > > > >