It appears that we have about three of us who are interested. Matt also expressed interest. Anyone else?
Mark Vanessa Williams wrote: > Mark J. Stang wrote: > > > I agree. I think you are right, the core pieces need to be defined > > as Interfaces. Everyone should code to those. > > That would be great. > > > Right now everyone sees the XML:DB as the interface to Xindice, as I do > > also. In reality, there is a Xindice interface defined through the > > org.apache.xindice.core.* classes. The CORBA and XML-RPC > > interfaces provide an API to use these classes. That API is the one > > defined by XML:DB. > > > > So it seems the first step should be to define interfaces to the "core" of > > Xindice. And then implement the XML:DB API on top of that, without > > using CORBA or XML-RPC. When that is done, we should be able > > to talk to Xindice either remotely or embedded with the same API. > > This would also make me a happy camper. > > You asked "Does anyone else need this bad enough to sit down and write the > code?" I suppose I'm getting to the point where I do. I'm trying to build a > commercial server product on top of Xindice and in its current form that's > not practical. While I'd rather spend my time writing my app, it seems I am > spending a fair bit of time poking around Xindice anyway (or trying to), > so...given some direction and an appropriately-sized chunk to bite off, I'd > be willing to help. > > > -- > > Mark J Stang > > Architect > > Cybershop Systems > > > > -- Mark J Stang Architect Cybershop Systems
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