On 31.08.2008 06:14:05 Kenneth D. Weinert wrote: > Now that I'm on the right list (don't ask, but evidently I can't read > email addresses too well) I'll ask again. > > While looking at ways to add the ability to insert links into PDF files > it occurred to me that a more general facility for pattern substitution > would be a useful facility to have. > > To me this resembles a plugin architecture and in the interest of not > reinventing the wheel I looked for a plugin architecture to use. > > So, the first question is this: is it ok to add dependencies to PDFBox > for implementing something like this?
This should always be preceeded by discussion and coming to a consensus. > Secondly, does anyone have any suggestions? I've found one called Java > Plugin Foundation, but it has an LGPL license and at least one person > doesn't like the idea of using LGPL. Well, LPGL is pretty much out of the question for that purpose for ASF projects. See http://apache.org/legal/3party.html I'm not quite sure what exactly you're suggesting with this plugin architecture. I'm sure it's already possible to add links to a PDF file with PDFBox today. > Thanks for your input. > > > - -- > Ken Weinert > http://quarter-flash.com Jeremias Maerki
