Re: [xmlvm-users] [dev] extending xmlvm

[Sascha H. <sa...@xm...>]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Hansi Raber <su...@su...> wrote:

> hey all!
>
> i just got my hands on xmlvm for the first time the other, so i guess i
> should say hello mailinglist - hello!
> and also ... it's a really promising project, very fun to play with.
>

Hi Hansi! Welcome to the list :)


>
> i currently playing with support for custom target languages (e.g.
> javascript output with a different ui library than qooxdoo).
>

Sounds very interesting. Keep me in the loop as I am also working on the JS
part right now and wonder if there might be some better alternative to
qooxdoo.
Keep in mind however, that qooxdoo is not "just" used for the UI. It's main
purpose is actually to allow the usage of its object-oriented paradigms and
the ability to compile the whole code into one JS "binary".


> i'm not finished, but i'd want it to be invoked along the lines of:
> java -classpath mycrazyownoutputtargetFolderOrJar -jar xmlvm.jar --in=...
> --out=... --target=org.test.MyOwnOutputThingie
> --whatever-other-arguments-this-thing-needs
>

Preferably you should try getting your code into the xmlvm.jar. Depending on
what you have in your crazyOwnStuff you can either put it as a jar into the
lib directory, or put the code itself into the repository and make it part
of XMLVM. What exactly is in this package?


>
> this might or might not be the route to take, but my question is if there
> are plans to make the "target part" of xmlvm extensible with recompiling the
> whole thing.
>

The whole pipeline is actually very extensible. Check out the
OutputProcessFactory, which allows you to specify an a target process. You
just need to implement your own, specify the supported input processes and
make sure that your target process is created in the OutputProcessFactory.

Let me know if you have any question about this.



>
> another question would be: is there an official git repository online
> somewhere? currently i'm updating from svn, but i'd prefer git... a lot...
>

Sorry, we use SVN for now and we would like to have everything in there if
possible for now.


> best, hansi.
>
>
>
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