>From a licensing perspective, it would be easier base any commons version on the axis implementation. The tyrex implementation, while more complete, is licensed under the Exolab license, and therefore cannot be hosted in ASF CVS (unless it is donated).
Also note that the latest draft UUID spec is located here: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-mealling-uuid-urn-01.txt -Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Steitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2003 4:29 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: UUID Generator? > > > Tim Anderson wrote: > > This question came up earlier this year. > > Refer to the following thread: > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listId=15&msgNo=32065 > > > Hey Tim, > > I recall that we ended up tabling this until after the [lang] 2.0 > release. > I am willing to help bring in the axis UUID impl if you are still > interested in this, or developing a new implementation. > > I think that the identifier factory implemented in the unreleased /util > package contents here: > http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/jakarta-commons/lang/src/java/or g/apache/commons/lang/util/ is a natural place for the UUID generator. I suggest that we replace the "util" name with "identifier" and add the UUID generator implementation to this package, either as an addition to IdentifierUtils or as a separate implementation. Phil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
