Oh yes... it is +1. I was only discussing only about the promise to support 1.4. We've been doing this in TestNG and I want to let you know, that even if the sourcebase is smaller than WW, we've been facing from time to time problems doing this :-).
./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. On 4/25/06, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So... is that a +1? :) > > As for annotations, I'd imagine we'd keep the XML as override so most > anything you can do with annotations, you could > also do in XML. This would give Java 1.4 users mostly the same capabilities. > > Don > > Alexandru Popescu wrote: > > This looks quite nice. I cannot figure out what means support for > > annotations. Even if they are left inside the classbytecode, you will > > not have access to the API to use them (except the case they are > > weaving the Class.class, but I really don't think so). > > > > ./alex > > -- > > .w( the_mindstorm )p. > > > > > > On 4/24/06, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There has been a lot of discussion on Java 5 support for Struts Action 2, > >> and from my reading of the comments, we have > >> settled on a path, but I want to formalize it in a vote to ensure we are > >> all on the same page. > >> > >> I vote we develop Struts Action 2 with Java 5, taking advantage of it > >> where ever we can. At the same time, we should > >> use Retroweaver to build jars that will run in a 1.4 JVM. For those that > >> aren't familiar, Retroweaver supports > >> conversion of an impressive amount of Java 5 features and language > >> changes. In summary, Retroweaver supports [1]: > >> > >> * generics > >> * extended for loops > >> * static imports > >> * autoboxing/unboxing > >> * varargs > >> * enumerations > >> * annotations > >> > >> Therefore, our development philosophy will be to take _full_ advantage of > >> Java 5, but provide a working jar for Java > >> 1.4, however, we can't guarantee every Struts Action 2.0 feature will be > >> available to Java 1.4 users. > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> [ ] +1 Make Java 5 the target > >> [ ] +0 I am fine with this move, but I'll still mainly interested in 1.4 > >> [ ] -0 I am not too keen, because ... > >> [ ] -1 I am against this move, because ... > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> I'll tally the votes after at least 72 hours and include the count in our > >> STATUS file. The vote is open to anyone. > >> > >> Don > >> > >> [1] http://retroweaver.sourceforge.net/documentation.html > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
