Hi Benson Margulies wrote: > Werner, > > Adding a data binding to CXF is not quite trivial, but the interfaces > required are reasonably well-bounded. If I were going to do it, I'd start by > reading the Aegis code (since I rewrote a lot of it), but there's also the > xmlbeans binding to look at. > > I'm not quite sure where to start in telling you where to start. If I said, > 'Check out the current CXF trunk from SVN, and look at the > rt/databinding/aegis project,' I don't know if I'd be insulting your > intelligence.
Not at all .... as long as you are prepared to answer some questions, and - more importantly - point me to small samples that showcase the possible usage. > I could also send along a quick explanation of the major > interfaces involved. Yes, it that's after you have introduced me to the main ideas. And it's fine pointing me to e.g. existing HOW-TOs, getting started documents, etc. > > On the positive side, a Castor binding would be a wonderful thing insofar as > it could do wsdl2java, which Aegis cannot. :-). > > I'm probably being confused about licensing. I'm fairly new to the Apache > scene. There are some components (e.g. Xom) that we cannot use in CXF due to > Apache licensing rules. > > --benson > > > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Werner Guttmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Benson Margulies wrote: >>> I'm a CXF committer and I'm kind of the current foster-parent of the >> Aegis >>> binding. >>> >>> Since CXF has to be able to deliver a WSDL, and a WSDL has to include >>> schema, we'd need that. I've barely scratched the surface of castor, but >>> other than that it looks quite straightforward. >> Yes, it does .. ;-). >> >> Okay, where to start. There's a few tools out there for which there's >> some level of Castor integration, e.g. Spring-WS, Apache Cocoon, XFire, >> Mule, etc. Most of these tools tend to use the XML data binding >> functionality of Castor only. Some of those glue code bits have been >> provided by myself .. ;-). >> >>> If you/we wanted to do wsdl2java, then someone would have to deal with >> the >>> 'tooling', which is more complex, and connect it to your code generator. >> Sure. What would you propose ... ? >>> there's also the question of license compatibility if you wanted to >>> contribute it to CXF. >> In what sense ? >> >>> Please don't say, 'JAXB'-compatible :-) JAXB has a number of unfortunate >>> aspects, I'd hope you all do better. >> Yes, it has, but you have to make a difference between a specification >> and the reference implementation. And yes, you are correct that even the >> spec is somewhat ill-designed with regards to some aspects. >> >> But when I use the term 'JAXB compliance', it does not imply that the >> remainder of Castor (nnot covered by the JAXB spec, but very useful) >> will vanish .. ;-). >> >> Werner >>> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Ralf Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Benson, >>>> >>>> you seam to have investigated CXF. >>>> >>>> What would be required for a CXF binding for Castor? >>>> >>>> Are you in a position to contribute that? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Ralf >>>> >>>> >>>> Benson Margulies schrieb: >>>>> I'd certainly test it. >>>>> >>>>> Changing the subject, I also wonder if someone would like to see a CXF >>>>> data binding for Castor. That feature would be an important enabler of >> a >>>>> code-first Castor data binding for CXF. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Joachim Grüneis <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello >>>>> >>>>> currently: not really >>>>> >>>>> there is a way to create a schema for a XML file... but that isn't >>>> the >>>>> same then using the Java classes as a base >>>>> >>>>> one of our Google Summer of Code students is currently working to >>>>> implement the feature you like to have... but you have to wait >>>>> >>>>> do you like to help us? e.g. by testing the new feature? >>>>> >>>>> Have fun >>>>> >>>>> Joachim >>>>> >>>>> 2008/5/28 Benson Margulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: >>>>> > I've got a set of classes that I'm planning to marshal and >>>>> unmarshal with >>>>> > with Castor. I don't have any mapping files (yet) -- I'm not very >>>>> picky >>>>> > about how they get marshalled. >>>>> > >>>>> > Is there some way to get Castor to spit out an XML Schema so that >>>>> I can >>>>> > create XML documents in some other tool that can be unmarshalled >>>>> into these >>>>> > objects? >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: >>>>> >>>>> http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: >>>> >>>> http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email >>>> >>>> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: >> >> http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
