[xmlvm-dev] My Java iOS API feedback

[Arno P. <ar...@pu...>]

first of all: very nice work! I like the JavaDoc that makes it easy to 
correlate the Objective-C API with the Java counterpart.

A few things:

(1) I would like to move everything to the namespace org.xmlvm.ios.*. I 
wanted to do that for a long time but with the new API existing apps 
need to be changed anyways.

(2) All classes should have the @XMLVMSkeletonOnly annotation. Perhaps 
add a command line argument that triggers the generation of this annotation.

(3) I wonder if we should address the question of optional methods in 
Objective-C protocols again. A long time ago we had a longer discussion 
about this topic. Right now you map a protocol to a Java interface, 
making all its methods mandatory.

(4) The parser tool should use more "meta knowledge" to generate better 
Java API. This should be added to advisor.xml. A couple of examples:

   - UIView.getSubviews() should return List<UIView>, not just List
   - As Aaron pointed out, const char* should be mapped to
     java.lang.String where appropriate.
   - UIImage.writeToSavedPhotosAlbum(): the completionTarget and
     completionSelector should be combined to a Runnable.

Arno