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

[Hansi R. <su...@su...>]

hey!

> So if I understand you correct you would like to develop plugins that are
> not directly baked into XMLVM but that can be put onto the classpath and
> then loaded through reflection?
>
> It would certainly be doable, but I am wondering, if this usecase makes
> sense. Ideally you would just submit your target and all the code into
> XMLVM. But granted, it could make it easier for people to develop plugins
> for XMLVM as they don't have to submit directly to XMLVM.
>
yep, exactly.

>
>
However, such a plugin API would need to be somewhat stable and therefore
> needs to be designed careful. And I am not sure if we are at a stage right
> now were it makes sense to make that kind of investment.
>
> Getting to the elephant in the room: Would you have an issue with
> submitting your changes to XMLVM again?
>

not at all, it's more the other way round: i'm not sure if you'd like to
have my mess in the official repositories :)


as i said... i don't have anything meaningful at this point, but as soon as
i do i'll obviously post a link here!


best,
hansi.