I take the silence, aside from Max that is, to mean there is no interest from the Commons dev community for this proposal?
-- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com On Wed, May 25, 2005 1:53 pm, Frank W. Zammetti said: > That sounds excellent. There would be some obvious performance concerns > with such a filter, but it does sound like a useful function if one fully > understands the implications. > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > On Wed, May 25, 2005 1:43 pm, Rudman Max said: >> Can we also add a Filter to replace a regex with some value in the >> output? I've found myself having to write that a couple of times. I >> can help contribute to this effort. >> >> Max >> >> On May 25, 2005, at 9:25 AM, Frank W. Zammetti wrote: >> >>> Proposal for Commons Filters Package (hope I did this right!) >>> >>> >>> Rationale >>> --------- >>> I frequently see questions asked on the Struts Users and Tomcat Users >>> lists that result in the answer "write a servlet filter for it". >>> There >>> are many functions which it would be nice to have available in a >>> filter in >>> a flexible, independant way, things that can be reused across many >>> projects without being tied to a particular framework or server. >>> >>> With this in mind, I propose a new Commons Filters package. >>> Alternatively, this could be a new component under the Commons >>> Servlets >>> package, but that package would need to move in to the sandbox I >>> believe. >>> I am open to either approach, although I prefer the first. >>> >>> >>> Scope of the package >>> -------------------- >>> Any function which can be used independant of a given framework or app >>> server might be eligible. By way of example, the following are some >>> filters I have written and which might make good candidates: >>> >>> * CacheControlFilter - This allows for control of setting cache >>> headers, >>> similar to the Struts RequestProcessor's cachecontrol setting, but >>> in a >>> more fine-grained manner. >>> >>> * AppAvailabilityFilter - This allows a developer to determine if an >>> application is available to users based on a defined "availability >>> window". >>> >>> * InvalidUserRedirectFilter - This allows for redirection to a defined >>> page when a particular attribute is not found in session. >>> >>> >>> Interaction with other packages >>> ------------------------------- >>> Commons Logging would be used for all logging functionality, and >>> Commons >>> Digester would be used for any configuration file parsing that a >>> filter >>> might require. >>> >>> I would be willing to provide at least a few initial filters to get >>> the >>> codebase going. I am reasonably sure others will contribute their >>> work >>> quickly. >>> >>> >>> Identify the base name for the package >>> -------------------------------------- >>> org.apache.commons.filters >>> >>> Perhaps org.apache.commons.servletfilters might be more >>> appropriate, or if >>> put under the Servlets package then org.apache.commons.servlet.filters >>> would be the name. >>> >>> >>> Identify the coding conventions for this package >>> ------------------------------------------------ >>> The code would use the Sun Standard coding conventions (mostly!). >>> >>> >>> Identify any Jakarta-Commons resources to be created >>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>> * Mailing list - Commons dev/user lists would be used, I do not >>> envision >>> this ever requiring its own list. Besides, I agree with the >>> concept that >>> all Commons projects should probably use the same two lists to achieve >>> maximum benefit of a "Commons" project philosophy. >>> >>> * CVS repository - Probably a root branch of the Jakarta-Commons >>> CVS? I >>> leave this to those that know more than me to decide! >>> >>> * Bugzilla - The package should be listed as a component of under the >>> Jakarta-Commons Bugzilla entry. >>> >>> >>> Identify the initial set of committers to be listed in the Status File >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Frank W. Zammetti, although I'm not sure I *can* be listed because >>> I have >>> no present involvement under Apache officially and I don't know >>> what the >>> rules/requirements are, so again I leave this to those that know >>> more than >>> me to decide... as long as I am involved in some fashion I'm OK >>> with it. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Frank W. 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