Making these parts into separate components is in line with what I have in mind when can talk about a shared repository between Batik and FOP. I hope I can take a good look into what you did later. From a quick look, however, I wasn't very pleased that you propose to use a lot of statics in the "FontServer". I would prefer to have the possibility to define multiple configurations in a heavy server environment without having to go through the pains to separate multiple environments using classloader magic. The system fonts are ok like this, of course, but not the user-defined. Just my opinion.
Concerning the PDF library, I suggest you start from the PDF lib in CVS HEAD instead of using the maintenance branch, even if it means that the API may be a bit different. I've invested a considerable amount of time to make the whole thing better. Things such as encryption are much more cleanly solved. When the XML Graphics project is set up I hope we can soon talk about the details of my ideas. I'd love to have you with us to work on the shared components. On 13.07.2004 22:40:43 Victor Mote wrote: > FOP Devs: > > I am pleased to announce the release of FOray 0.1 alpha 1. This release is > only useful to FOP developers. Some useful information about the release can > be found in these places: > http://foray.sourceforge.net/module/font/index.html > http://foray.sourceforge.net/module/font/release.html > Since it is developers-only, I have not prepared any downloadable packages. > You will need to use CVS to get the code. This is available here: > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=109663 > > Probably the most efficient way to proceed is for Chris to do the initial > evaluation work. I can support him off-line, and probably will need to add > some doc as a result of his work. Then any others who wish to look at it > will have an easier time. > > To cleanly get Fonts isolated, I had to isolate PDF, and to isolate PDF, I > had to isolate Graphics. So there are actually three FOray modules at the > moment (plus Common). > > Please remember that this release is a no-feature release, but is intended > to address architectural issues only. The main purposes of the release are > 1) to try to find out whether anything has broken, and 2) to get comments on > the general design. > > Implied within FOray itself is a desire on my part to start getting code > released again. I realize that there are several views of how best to get > that done, and that FOray might be viewed as a distraction by some. If that > is the prevailing view, and FOP has no desire to release this code under any > circumstances, then you can save Chris a lot of trouble by reaffirming the > status quo now. This will put the burden on FOray to start releasing > essentially a competing product, which I am not eager to do. (This may > happen eventually anyway if I have time to pursue the modular design that I > think is important, but it is just as likely that a FOP 1.0 release will > make such an effort unnecessary). As a "friend of FOP" I have opinions on > what you should do, but my role here is different, and I will try to remain > neutral, providing information when needed. I'm really just a guy trying to > get some work done -- if it helps you, good; if not, that is OK too. > > Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. > > Victor Mote Jeremias Maerki
