hello Jerome, On Wednesday 24 December 2008 06:56:47 Jerome Louvel wrote: > Hi Raif, > > Cool! > > * Java Bindings to XML Schemas: we already support JAXB and JiBX > technologies. What would adding an extension for XMLBeans add > (pros/cons)? There are many serializations technologies to consider > (Castor comes to mind) so we need to be very selective in what we add to > the main Restlet project.
i thought of this while working on the patch for supporting "init-param" (Issue #670) in the org.restlet package and not as another Extension. the current code relies only on the DOM structure of a restlet.xml file. my suggestion is to replace those bits by (a) pre-compiling schema-to-Java bindings for whatever is defined in the Components.xsd --which today is not much but could be a subject of change depending on how authentication and authorization will be configured in the future-- and (b) replacing the Component and other classes configuration and initialization based on the Data Access Objects representing a successful parsing of a restlet.xml. the current code has the advantage of not relying on other than a JDK but also has the disadvantage IMO of not separating the configuration from the other life-cycle states of software components. in addition having those Java Binding classes would allow configuring a Restlet application through other than a restlet.xml file. > * authorization toolkit: thanks for the pointer to Tomcat Realms, I've > added a comment about it in issue #505. This is definitely an area that > would benefit from contributions during Restlet 1.2 development cycle! great. > * KML/KMZ support: this might be a too application specific to fit into > the main Restlet project, but you could start a dedicated open source > project (for example on Google Code), that would leverage Restlet. We > would be happy to point users to it and support you. makes sense. what's the next step? > Best regards, > Jerome Louvel > -- > Restlet ~ Founder and Lead developer ~ http://www.restlet.org > Noelios Technologies ~ Co-founder ~ http://www.noelios.com > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Raif S. Naffah [mailto:tig...@naffah-raif.name] > Envoye : lundi 8 decembre 2008 09:05 > A : discuss@restlet.tigris.org > Objet : contributing - areas of interest > > hello there, > > (i'm sending this again since it does not look like it made it to the > list the first time around). > > i'd like to contribute to this project in my free time. > > areas of interests which i've identified so far --and am personally > interested in-- are: > > * Java Bindings to XML Schemas: replace XML parsing with pre-generated > classes (XMLBeans xmlbeans.apache.org) from published/known schemas; e.g. > the parsing of the restlet.xml. > > * authorization toolkit: something equivalent to what is available with > servlets in Apache Tomcat; see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0- > doc/realm-howto.html. > > * KML/KMZ support: something beyond issue #677; more like a SPI toolkit > to allow building KML files (e.g. from a CSV document). > > > if this is of interest to the project maintainers, then pls. let me know > how to proceed next. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=98 >1057 > > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=99 >0910 -- cheers; rsn ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=992116
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