--- Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Actually, the removal of collections classes from validator will
> take a
> > > bit longer. We still have protected FastHashMap variables that need
> > > to be
> > > replaced with Maps.
> >
> > the collections packaged FashHashMap and it's dependencies are binary
> > compatible (in 2.x and 3.x collections - actually, they are identical)
> > and will be included as part of the next beanutils release.
> >
> > beanutils, validator and digester are in similar positions (and i
> > suspect from craig's comments earlier that struts is also) they need
> > the FastHashMap class (at least so that it can be deprecated) but they
> > don't need the other classes which have changed. so, those classes
> they
> > need will be included as part of the beanutils distribution.
> >
> > therefore, it will be possible to remove the collections dependency by
> > upgrading to the upcoming beanutils. this will allow FastHashMap to be
> > repackaged or removed (as appropriate) in due course after
> deprecation.
>
> I am +1 to the removal of the [collections] dependency here. However I
> must
> express caution at the implications of what seems to be described here.
>
> The idea appears to be that [validator] will obtain its copy of
> FastHashMap
> from [beanutils]. But this class will only be present in one release
> (1.7?)
> of [beanutils] and after that my understanding is that it will be
> removed.
> This would appear to be a very risky way of handling this, as you create
> a
> new dependency hell between [validator] and one specific release of
> [beanutils]. If I have understood correctly, I will -1 a valiator
> release
> :-(
>
> If the aim is to remove the [collections] depencency now, then
> FastHashMap
> should be copied (no package rename) to [validator] too. However,
> FastHashMap has not changed between [collections] 2.1 and 3.x, so
> perhaps
> removing the dependency is not urgent?
We can deprecate the uses of FastHashMap in Validator for its upcoming
release and replace them with Map and HashMap references for the following
release. I'm against copying FastHashMap into Validator because that's a
stopgap measure for BeanUtils and Digester only.
David
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
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