It hasn’t had activity in over 10 years, but there’s also https://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-graph/ as a potential component to revive.
— Matt Sicker > On Apr 27, 2022, at 10:43, Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net> wrote: > > I think 20 classes is not small, so probably not good for -lang. But since > you already have a List in your API I guess -collections would be ok. (It’s > not so good to have your alternative method in ognl). > > But maybe you can share a sandbox project, it’s easier to know what we are > talking about. > > I am not sure if we want to have it in for example commons-collections but a > Seperate JAR. Would probably only make sense in a sub project which already > releases multiple libs. > > Gruss > Bernd > -- > http://bernd.eckenfels.net > ________________________________ > Von: Boo, Guy <g...@informatica.com.INVALID> > Gesendet: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 5:39:07 PM > An: Commons Developers List <dev@commons.apache.org> > Betreff: RE: [lang] how to submit a proposal for a new component? > > My project has no dependencies, and its definition of "graph" is basically > java.util.function.Function<X, List<X>>. So the graph doesn't even need to be > reified in memory. And it's pretty lightweight - I'd like to do some > refactoring, but it currently only has about 20 classes. It's a *very* small > set of tools... > > Thanks for your recommendations! I saw -ognl, but wasn't sure that was a good > fit as my code would be a tiny subroutine of that project. For example, we > have a case where we need to traverse the object graph, but rather than write > a separate utility we only define one function to map an object to its fields > and all of the existing graph utilities (including graph edits, if a setter > function is provided) would be compatible with it. > > I'll look around at your recommendations and see if any of the others may be > a better fit, but I suspect my code would be too tiny and off-focus for > projects with specific domains like -xpath or -ognl. Maybe collections, but > so far I think my best guess is still lang... > > Thanks very much for your help! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 23:04 > To: Commons Developers List <dev@commons.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [lang] how to submit a proposal for a new component? > > Also -scxml > > Gary > >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 11:02 Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net> wrote: >> >> Hello Guy, >> >> I think Apache Commons might be a good fit, but it depends a bit on >> your dependencies. >> >> You could also check -ognl, -xpath or -rdf components, they are all >> offer similar features. >> >> If you want to traverse POJO then commons-lang might be an option (but >> then it needs to be leightweigt). If you work with collections, then >> commons-collections sounds a fit. >> >> Gruss >> Bernd >> >> >> -- >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://bernd.eckenfels.net__;!!KpaPruflFCE >> p!kFRtDx8NdHTdneiVsDnlLvzFeaAjmGzuJ37-qM74sdQGP5If91jryUrPY4WmKfaFsvxV >> NoUeliw5alVOCYJQwQ$ >> ________________________________ >> Von: Boo, Guy <g...@informatica.com.INVALID> >> Gesendet: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 4:53:34 PM >> An: dev@commons.apache.org <dev@commons.apache.org> >> Betreff: [lang] how to submit a proposal for a new component? >> >> I am extremely sorry if this is spam, but I couldn't find anything on >> the project page that indicated how to propose new extensions, and I >> don't even know if lang, math, collections, or a new component would >> make the most sense. If this is not the appropriate location please >> just let me know (or ignore this email), thanks! >> >> I'd like to contribute a set of utilities for the definition, >> traversal, identification, and manipulation of arbitrary graphs. The >> primary benefit is developer convenience, as it makes it possible to >> define and execute custom graph operations as succinctly as one can >> define a for-each loop, even on data structures that do not >> participate in the package's API. My goal in releasing this to open source >> is to see it improved and optimized. >> >> Is Apache commons the appropriate package for this kind of utility? Do >> I provide the source code first? Should I speak to someone specific >> rather than spamming the entire mailing list? >> >> Thanks very much! >> -g >>
