On 9 Dec 2011, at 16:25, Thorsten Möller wrote:
>> 
>>> Which brings me to ask/propose the following:
>>> Would it be possible to check whether the functionality used from
>>> ICU4J is provided similarly meanwhile by the JDK (or another library
>>> that is already a dependency)? If possible - if its possible to
>>> implement it in an alternative way - then this (heavyweight)
>>> dependency can be removed completely.
>> 
>> That would be good - could you have a look?
> 
> After checking in more detail, I got to a point where most was replaced by 
> built-in JDK classes. However, there are some references left in 
> com.hp.hpl.jena.iri.impl.AbsLexer and one in 
> com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.arp.impl.CharacterModel which I don't know how to resolve 
> due to lack of Unicode experiences nor enough time resources that I can spend 
> on that. If you want I can create patches and send them to you - unfinished 
> work, though. I also tried to simply comment the remaining references (they 
> all seem to be kind of syntax checks) and run the JUnit tests, but that 
> apparently failed.
> 
> Thorsten

Hi Thorsten,

This is great (begone megabytes of dependencies!).

Could you open a ticket and upload the patch? I'll have a crack at completing 
this work, if possible.

Which references were giving you problems?

Thanks,

Damian

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