[Xpipe-developers] 0.6 and what's next.

[David S. <ds...@st...>]

I just took a look through the 0.6 code (still have to look at the NetBeans
editor component).  I see that the XPipe XComponents element no longer has a
ScheduleType which was the bit that I was waiting on the code for to
complete my understanding.  So with that missing, I guess I fully understand
XPipes now.

Apart from what's in the development plan, there seem to be a number of
things left to take care of in the existing components:
    -	Parameter passing.
    -	Testing of pre- and post-conditions.
    - Generalizing unit testing so that it extends to XPipes.

Is there a plan for these?  I know that my Java implementations don't
currently fit the 'unpack an XComponent' model.  If it's desired to have
these implemented in Java, I could presumably rework a version in Java that
acts on unpacked components (although it's my personal preference to try and
avoid unpacking) and add some of the items mentioned above.  I could also
give a shot in Jython, although I'm pretty inexperienced there.  I can also
wait, if these are already in the works.

David