Thanks, Torben. It does look to me like gt-ysld meets the definition of 
a plugin. Jody, any opinion?

Kind regards,
Ben.

On 27/01/17 12:48, Torben Barsballe wrote:
> Ben:
>
> With respect to plugins vs extensions, I did find some "definitions" here:
> http://docs.geotools.org/latest/developer/procedures/check.html
>
> Torben
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Justin Deoliveira <jdeol...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> +1. Great work on this Torben.
>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 4:17 PM Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1. Thanks, Torben, that is quite thorough.
>>>
>>> Jody, do we have a policy for which supported modules are plugins and
>>> which are extensions? I noticed that Torben used the term "plugin" and
>>> realised that I do not know if we have rules. Is there a difference, or
>>> is this just an historical oddity?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Ben.
>>>
>>> On 27/01/17 07:41, Torben Barsballe wrote:
>>>> The gt-ysld module is now ready to be considered for a supported module.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to request that this module be approved for inclusion as a
>>>> supported plugin in the upcoming 16.2 / 17-beta releases.
>>>> The module conforms to the requirements
>>>> <http://docs.geotools.org/latest/developer/procedures/supported.html>
>>> for a
>>>> supported module, as follows:
>>>> Visibility / Module Status
>>>>
>>>>    - Gold Star Quality Assurance Check - Plugin QA Test - 4/5 stars
>>>>
>>>> Here is how a plugin (aka hooks into the geotools library) may earn a
>>> star:
>>>> ⭐️ Passes IP check, basically has correct headers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - See REVIEW.md
>>>>          <https://github.com/geotools/geotools/blob/master/modules/
>>> unsupported/ysld/REVIEW.md>
>>>>
>>>> ⭐️ Releasable - has no non blocking bugs in jira
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - GEOT-5622 <https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-5622> is
>>> the
>>>>          only open bug, not blocking.
>>>>
>>>> ⭐️ Used in anger - Used by GeoServer or uDig or Geomajas (ie some kind
>>> of
>>>> large real world datasets)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Used by the gs-ysld extension in geoserver
>>>>
>>>>   Optimised - has been tuned to meet hard performance requirements
>>> (example
>>>> shapefile)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Not really, but only place where this is really important is
>>>>          rendering, and at this point we are using the gt-api
>>>> StyledLayerDescriptor
>>>>          objects
>>>>
>>>> ⭐️ Supported - user docs, module maintainer watches user list, answers
>>>> email etc.. (example referencing)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - User documentation here
>>>>          <http://docs.geotools.org/latest/userguide/unsupported/
>>> ysld.html>.
>>>>          - Module maintainers: Justin Deolivera, Kevin Smith
>>>>
>>>> Intellectual Property Check
>>>>
>>>>    - Passes, See https://github.com/geotools/
>>> geotools/blob/master/modules
>>>>    /unsupported/ysld/REVIEW.md
>>>>
>>>> Follow the Developers Guide
>>>>
>>>>    - Analysis here: https://gist.github.com/
>>> mattkrusz/b010eb29aa784025a639
>>>>    c473b768801e
>>>>    - PR here: https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/1440 (merged)
>>>>
>>>> Test Coverage and Maven Profiles
>>>>
>>>>    - Test coverage exceeds the required 40%: Line coverage is 85%,
>>> Branch
>>>>    coverage is 73%
>>>>
>>>> User Documentation
>>>>
>>>>    - Has user documentation: http://docs.geotools.org/
>>> latest/userguide/uns
>>>>    upported/ysld.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If the GeoTools PMC is happy with the module, I will put together a PR
>>>> moving it from unsupported to plugin.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Torben
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Torben Barsballe <
>>>> tbarsba...@boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the feedback. Class javadocs have been updated in the PR.
>>>>>
>>>>> Torben
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, formatting changes look good. I looked for the null returns -
>>> and
>>>>>> the "return null" statements I found were not especially documented.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> General feedback is we could take one run at class javadocs (usual
>>>>>> Class/Responsibility/Collaboration info) and we should be good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 25 January 2017 at 09:26, Torben Barsballe <
>>>>>> tbarsba...@boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Based on Matt's analysis, we have put together a pull request fixing
>>> up
>>>>>>> the outstanding issues in gt-ysld bringing it up to compliance with
>>> the
>>>>>>> developers guide: https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/1440
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Null returns are documented, and are used sparingly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Torben
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Jody Garnett <
>>> jody.garn...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am not as keen as Martin was, I expect that Optionals will take
>>> the
>>>>>>>> place of the idea of null objects long term.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What I am keen on is making our developer guide not suck; so if we
>>> are
>>>>>>>> not being strict about null we should relax the guide (citing
>>> returning a
>>>>>>>> null collection). I am kind of okay with returning null if it is
>>> clearly
>>>>>>>> documented in the javadocs (since those show up as a tooltip when
>>>>>>>> developers are working).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 24 January 2017 at 10:11, Andrea Aime <
>>> andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Matt Kruszewski <
>>>>>>>>> mkruszew...@boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've started applying the developer guide standards to the gt-ysld
>>>>>>>>>> module, keeping notes in this gist:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://gist.github.com/mattkrusz/b010eb29aa784025a639c473b76880
>>> 1e
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't agree on the "do not return null" applied in a blanket way
>>> (as
>>>>>>>>> a strong requirement, while I see all other bits you suggest as
>>> strong
>>>>>>>>> requirements).
>>>>>>>>> The library is just not built that way, it returns nulls in so many
>>>>>>>>> places it's impossible to count.
>>>>>>>>> I also don't see this "rule" being cited anywhere else, although I
>>>>>>>>> know Jody is keen on it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes, in some cases returning null is just bad (e.g., returning a
>>> null
>>>>>>>>> collection when an empty one would do),
>>>>>>>>> but for the rest I'm for a case by case evaluation.
>>>>>>>>> Or are you suggesting we should be returning Optional everywhere?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>> Andrea
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