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

[Dmitriy K. <dko...@ru...>]

+1 for extension distribution.

Regards,
Dmitriy.


jürgen höller [werk3AT] wrote:

> Darren,
>  
> 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?
>  
> 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...
>  
> Opinions? (both on FOP support and the extension distribution idea...)
>  
> 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&search_keywords=fop 
> <http://forum.springframework.org/search.php?search&search_keywords=fop>) 
> 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).
>
>
> --
> Darren Davison
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