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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:06
AM
Subject: [Mav-user] Java XML View open
source project
Hello all.
I have recently released version 0.2 of JXV, an
open source project aimed to convert Java objects into "XML views". JXV
supports the same type of dynamic DOM tree implemented in Domify, and also
implements a SAX-based approach which is usually more scalable. Here is a copy
of the release announcement:
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I am pleased to announce the first public release
of JXV.
JXV is a library which allows for Java objects to be given "XML
Views", and for those views to be read back into objects. JXV supports both
SAX and DOM output, and can read XML input from any SAX-compliant parser.
Resulting DOM trees are dynamic, and reflect changes made to the object model
even after they were created. JXV fully supports namespaces in it's XML views,
and can correctly parse and read XML content with namespaces.
JXV uses
a pluggable architecture which allows XML view factories to be configured and
loaded at runtime. The JXV configuration mechanisms also leverage XML
namespaces to allow the configurations for those different view factories to
be inlined within the JXV configuration file. In this release, JXV comes
pre-configured with view factories for JavaBeans, collections, array, and
"flat objects" such as Strings, primitives, etc. These factories support a
wide variety of configuration options, and are sufficient for most object
models. Future versions of JXV will include pre-configured support for
additional factories. JXV may also release special-purpose factories (such as
ones providing views for RowSets, ResultSets and other JDBC structures) as
extension packages.
JXV is open-source and freely available in both
source and binary form. It is covered by an Apache-like license (see
information at the project page). The JXV distribution contains a compiled
binary version as well as a buildable "src" dir (Ant is required to use the
build script).
-- end of quote
Note that shortly after this release I had
released version 0.2 with minor documentation improvements and JDK1.3 support
(previous version depended on 1.4 for some exception-related
classes).
I think JXV can be put to good use in Maverick. I
would be happy to try and help the Maverick developers wire JXV into Mavericks
existing architecture. If anybody is interested in trying this, please contact
me. Also any questions/comments/suggestions are welcome.
Regards
Gal
