On Jun 16, 2011, at 9:54, Torsten Curdt <tcu...@vafer.org> wrote: > <snip/> > > Given that I have looked a bit after BCEL over the past few years here > are my two cents: > > BCEL development is dead dead dead ... still people come and use it. > Why they don't use ASM is beyond me. I myself use ASM whenever I can. > For those how want "easier" I would suggest javassist ...if it wasn't LGPL > (although I heard it is now dual licensed LGPL + MPL) > > That said BCEL trunk has quite some major fixes and changes. > Due to lack of feedback and testers this has never been released. > And I don't see that happening anytime soon. > > BCEL is one of the few failed Apache communities. > A couple people/groups/projects have forked it without ever contributing back. > This would have been crucial for this so very specialized code base. > Not pointing fingers - it was very poorly maintained before. > > After the years I have given up hope on BCEL. > Being part of Commons ... hm ... doesn't feel right. > Who would step up and work on it here? (anyone?) > > IMO attic would reflect the reality. Just not sure whether we should > do a release before or not. > >> Regarding Tomcat usage - it might be of interest to the new commons >> sandbox component - formerly Meiyo. Tomcat 7 uses BCEL to scan >> annotations without the need to load classes through a class loader. > > With all honesty - it should switch to ASM and not look back.
Xalan uses BCEL too FWIW. Gary > > cheers, > Torsten > -- > http://www.yourdailygeekery.com > http://www.torstencurdt.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
