Agree, [lang] must be minimalist as possible, [lang] is not a very good prefix for this thread. I am thinking about some new subproject it sandbox for reflection.
BTW .NET's reflection has some API like BCEL to genetate code for CLR. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Juozas Baliuka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 11:15 PM > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > Subject: Re: [lang] Proposal for *NEXT* version > > > > > > Hi, > > I do not think dependency on top level project is any problem > > for commons > > component, if public API does's not have classes or > > interfaces from this > > project. > > I disagree. Commons Lang should sit as close to the JDK as possible - that's > really what it's all about. If it starts depending on other packages, then > it seems to me that it no longer meets its design goals. > > > Projects like BCEL , ORO, Lucene are very good and solve > > common problems > > too. > > Sure, but they do not - and should not - relate to Commons Lang. > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > > > > > > > The DynaBean abstraction (in BeanUtils today) lets you > > "synthesize" > > > beans > > > > > with a dynamic set of properties -- although only > > PropertyUtils knows > > > how > > > > > to do property get/set calls transparently for you. In > > Struts, for > > > > > example, we take an XML-ized version of a description > > like your Person > > > > > declaration above: > > > > > > > > > > <form-bean name="Person"> > > > > > <form-property name="surname" type="java.lang.String"/> > > > > > <form-property name="age" type="int"/> > > > > > </form-bean> > > > > > > > > We can implement some method like > > > > Class cls = BeanUtils.getBeanClass( descriptors, classLoader ); > > > > I can take this task, if somebody thinks it is usefull > > for frameworks > > like > > > > Struts. > > > > It must be trivial to implement using BCEL. > > > > > > At the moment, different people have different meanings for > > this potential > > > new project. We need to flesh out a bit more deisgn before > > we can code a > > > solution IMO. Also, it would be a major departure for > > Commons to require > > > BCEL as a dependency. > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
