Re: [Java-gnome-developer] Webkit

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 09:22 -0700, Niranjan Rao wrote:
> 1. Do we want webkit to be part of main library.

Sure! That would be terrific!

>  I understand that not everyone needs webkit and right now current
> mechanism needs webkit libraries to build.

Yes, that is unfortunate. I ran into this 7 year ago; then the question
was gtkmozembed bindings in java-gnome 2.x

> 2. Is it possible to split java gnome libraries per module - e.g.
> glib.jar, gtk.jar, webkit.jar with version numbers.

Guillaume kindly linked to a discussion on the topic. It *is* a piece of
engineering we should do.

It actually turns out that we *don't* need multiple .jar files (what a
pain) but we *do* need to split the .so into multiple pieces, loaded on
demand if the developer loads a class that causes the respective
Plumbing to be loaded and have its static initializer block run


> I would like to submit my changes upstream after polishing and making
> sure its really submittable or make it available from other channel.

Changes welcome.

We do enforce a fairly high standard of code hygiene in java-gnome, but
if you follow the existing style you won't have any problems in the
slightest.

Slightly more subjective is ensuring changes makes sense in the context
of the overall architecture of the library.

Finally, if you're working on code generation then I'd definitely
welcome Serkan and Vreixo having a look at your code, as they've done
the most recent work in this regard.

If you were able to join #java-gnome on gimpnet we can have a more
focused chat about it. I look forward to meeting you.

AfC
Sydney