On Jul 30, 2005, at 17:34, Manuel Mall wrote (on bugzilla):
Manuel,
Devs,
To be able to simply replace a 0.20.5 fop.jar with 1.0dev fop.jar I
have written
a backwards compatible apps.Driver.java class. Everything in the class
has been
labelled as deprecated.
FWIW: Personally, besides the compatibility issue, I'm not too happy
with the current situation where the very same class is used for both
command-line and embedded use (Fop.java) --one class acts both as a
standalone application and as a component.
That's considered an anti-pattern they call "Subversion of Control" in
Avalon terminology[1] :-)
I've been checking the discussion on fop-dev concerning the removal of
Driver[2]. From the looks of it, at least one developer had similar
reservations about removing it. It's a pity the discussion itself
remained rather superficial.
Cheers,
Andreas
[1] http://excalibur.apache.org/framework/component-design.html
[2] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=108942539604883&w=2
