Hi Jeremias,
Thanks for your message. I haven't got that far on restructuring aspect yet and
since you have objections, I think that sub-classing would be a workable and
better option. I am aiming to do this within the next few weeks and so will
post an update here on how it goes.
Regards,
Robert Meyer
> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:04:53 +0200
> From: d...@jeremias-maerki.ch
> To: fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Move PSGraphics2D and other shading classes from XGC to FOP
>
> Hi Robert
>
> I know I am probably too late but I'm swamped right now and haven't
> followed the mailing lists that frequently in the last weeks. If it is
> possible to add that functionality by subclassing PSGraphics2D inside
> FOP, then I object to the move. Those classes have been moved from FOP
> to XGC in the past since they have no dependency on FOP and (more
> importantly) have their uses outside the context of Batik and FOP. I'm
> using PSDocumentGraphics2D separately from FOP and Batik in one of my
> projects. Therefore I wouldn't be happy to see that move back to FOP.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremias Maerki
>
>
> On 20.09.2013 17:00:10 Robert Meyer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking to add Postscript Radial and Axial shading patterns to FOP.
> > The class to change to allow this is PSGraphics2D and PSTilingPattern which
> > exists in the XGC project. This wouldn't be a problem except that to modify
> > the code to handle these new patterns I would need to create a reference to
> > Batik from XGC. This is because Radial and Axial calls are made using Batik
> > classes such as RadialGradientPaint.
> >
> > Having looked at the XGC code it seems that both classes to be modified are
> > not needed specifically in XGC and therefore to avoid having to create a
> > reference to Batik, I am planning on moving them to FOP. If you have any
> > concerns with this move, please feel free to let me know. If I don't hear
> > anything back on this then I'll assume lazy consensus and go ahead with the
> > move. I'll post a patch a week before I apply it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert Meyer
> >
>
