Re: [Springframework-developer] XSL-FO (Apache-FOP)

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Darren,
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While this is certainly a worthwhile extension, I'm not sure if we =
should raise the size of the Spring core distribution with a further 1.3 =
MB jar file for such special functionality, in particular for a library =
that is still in 0.x (i.e. whose API is not guaranteed to stay stable). =
I'm a bit worried in that respect... Do you know what timeframe the next =
FOP major release is scheduled for?=20
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Thus, I suggest to put the FOP support classes into the sandbox for the =
time being... like we do for Commons Validator and co. People will use =
it from there too, like they already do with the Commons Validator =
support and the Portlet stuff... We can always move it over once we =
agree that the time is right. Another option would be to start shipping =
a separate extension distribution...
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Opinions? (both on FOP support and the extension distribution idea...)
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Juergen
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Von: spr...@li... im Auftrag =
von Darren Davison
Gesendet: Mo 04.10.2004 11:16
An: spr...@li...
Betreff: [Springframework-developer] XSL-FO (Apache-FOP)




There have been a couple of posts in the forums about FOP
( http://forum.springframework.org/search.php?search =
<http://forum.springframework.org/search.php?search&search_keywords=3Dfop=
> &search_keywords=3Dfop) and
we now have a similar requirement here in one of our projects.

It's actually pretty trivial to implement when extending =
AbstractXsltView but
I think it's useful to include the generic parts in the framework.  =
Additional
build dependencies include only fop.jar (~1.3MB) although the target app =
will
have to include batik.jar and the avalon framework jar as runtime =
dependencies
since FOP is hardlinked to Avalon logging in the current stable branch.  =
This
will change to commons logging in the next major release.

I'd like to commit this if there are no objections.  No modifications =
are
required to existing framework classes and it could go in for 1.1.2 I =
think.

(Any comments welcome from those with significant FOP experience as I =
don't
have a great deal).


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