Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread robert burrell donkin
+1 for both - robert On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 01:52 PM, James Strachan wrote: > CLI is a Command Line Interface which combines ideas and code from > * werken.opt > * Peter Donald's CLI from Avalon Excalibur > * John Keye's Optz > > CLI is getting close to ready for its first re

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread James Strachan
From: "bob mcwhirter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Do people think that dependencies on ORO and an XML parser are > > > too much overhead for CLI? Should these types of features be > > > made optional or shipped in a separate jar? > > > > please keep it optional. > > +1 optional +1 optional. Thoug

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread bob mcwhirter
> > Do people think that dependencies on ORO and an XML parser are > > too much overhead for CLI? Should these types of features be > > made optional or shipped in a separate jar? > > please keep it optional. +1 optional -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional c

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread John Keyes
> I'm looking to add two features from my MapCArgs. The first is an > OptionType concept so that the CLI can do automatic object conversion. > So > -a could have an OptionType of java.lang.Class.class or > OptionType.CLASS_TYPE and it would automatically convert '-a > org.apache.foo.Foo' to the r

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread Henri Yandell
UnitTest all types. [Not a major issue, at least to get basic ones] Migrate. Refactor to ConvertUtils. Add ORO. Refactor to allow pluggable types. So should be available by start of the weekend? This all assumes that no one is anti the functionalities. Hen On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, James Strachan

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread Henri Yandell
Cool. I can drop my class with the classy name of 'ConvertUtil' :) On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, James Strachan wrote: > Incidentally, the type conversion stuff could use ConvertUtils and the > Converter interface of beanutils. It works pretty nicely and already can > handle all the primitive types which

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread James Strachan
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons > To add more detail: > > I'm looking to add two features from my MapCArgs. The first is an > Opti

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread James Strachan
From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've some code I'm working on that I'd like to get in before a 1.0 > release. Having to re-patch it to Commons rather than sandbox is a > medium-level hassle. Depends how quickly you want to move it. Its not urgent, so can wait. How long do you think yo

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread Henri Yandell
To add more detail: I'm looking to add two features from my MapCArgs. The first is an OptionType concept so that the CLI can do automatic object conversion. So -a could have an OptionType of java.lang.Class.class or OptionType.CLASS_TYPE and it would automatically convert '-a org.apache.foo.Foo'

Re: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread Henri Yandell
I've some code I'm working on that I'd like to get in before a 1.0 release. Having to re-patch it to Commons rather than sandbox is a medium-level hassle. Depends how quickly you want to move it. Hen On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, James Strachan wrote: > CLI is a Command Line Interface which combines idea

RE: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons

2002-06-06 Thread Vincent Massol
+1 for the move to commons proper +1 for John to be a commons committer -Vincent > -Original Message- > From: James Strachan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 June 2002 13:53 > To: Jakarta Commons Developers > Subject: [VOTE] move CLI over to commons > >