RE: aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-07 Thread Victor Mote
Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: > Victor, IIC, Jeremias' concern is about the PDF lib in HEAD > containing substantial improvements over the code in the > maintenance branch. One aspect that springs to mind is WRT > encryption support --as I recall, maintenance still had some > problems with this,

RE: aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-07 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Victor Mote [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Hi guys, (Just catching up on the postings of the last few days, this one caught my eye...) > > although I'm still a bit concerned that you based your PDF > > part on the maintenance branch co

RE: aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-05 Thread Victor Mote
Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Ah, now I'm starting to see where this is going. I think this > something extremely difficult to do. To a certain degree it Agreed. > sounds like my ideas/plans for the XML Graphics project, > namely to separate certain peripheral components (fonts, PDF > lib, Graphi

Re: aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-05 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Ah, now I'm starting to see where this is going. I think this something extremely difficult to do. To a certain degree it sounds like my ideas/plans for the XML Graphics project, namely to separate certain peripheral components (fonts, PDF lib, Graphics2D implementations etc.) from FOP so efforts c

RE: aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-05 Thread Victor Mote
Jeremias Maerki wrote: > from the website I don't quite get the scope of the project. > That might have to be made clearer. Anyway, I didn't want to Yes, just as soon as it is totally clear to me :-) Right now, it boils down to "here are some things that I think could/should be shared, can anyb

Re: aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-04 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Victor, from the website I don't quite get the scope of the project. That might have to be made clearer. Anyway, I didn't want to talk about it just yet, because it's not ready, but recently I started writing a JAXP-like API for XSL-FO processors (I called in JAFOP for now). It basically implement

Re: aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-04 Thread Peter B. West
Victor Mote wrote: Finn Bock wrote: Do you mean that the 3 different processors should ideally report the same validation errors in the same manner? That can only happen after someone standardize a SAFO API (Simple API for FO parsing). Until then all implementation will throw different excepti

Re: aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-04 Thread Glen Mazza
I am impressed by your seemingly boundless dedication to XSL and its related fields. Glen --- Victor Mote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I actually toyed with this idea about two weeks ago. > IIRC, the SAFO name is > already taken, but at the time I registered the > axsl.org domain, and I > final

aXSL (Was: RE: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch))

2004-11-04 Thread Victor Mote
Finn Bock wrote: > Do you mean that the 3 different processors should ideally > report the same validation errors in the same manner? That > can only happen after someone standardize a SAFO API (Simple > API for FO parsing). Until then all implementation will throw > different exceptions, whic

Re: AreaFactory patch (once again ;-)

2004-11-04 Thread Glen Mazza
--- Tibor Vyletel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello fopsters, > > so I have finished (and published in bugzilla) the > patch which have aroused > quite a discussion around here. > > Just a short description: > 1) org.apache.fop.area.AreaFactory > - now contains specific create method for each

AreaFactory patch (once again ;-)

2004-11-04 Thread Tibor Vyletel
Hello fopsters, so I have finished (and published in bugzilla) the patch which have aroused quite a discussion around here. Just a short description: 1) org.apache.fop.area.AreaFactory - now contains specific create method for each (used) subclass of Area. The generic Area create(FObj, LayoutMana

Tibor's AreaFactory patch (Re: AreaFactory patch)

2004-11-04 Thread Glen Mazza
--- Finn Bock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I only see a need for plugable LMs, but the > AreaFactory patch is so > small that I see no problem with throwing a bone to > Tibor. > > regards, > finn > OK, that opinion was what I was trying to get at. Someone

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Finn Bock
g your opinion here. I only see a need for plugable LMs, but the AreaFactory patch is so small that I see no problem with throwing a bone to Tibor. regards, finn

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Glen Mazza
Andreas L. Delmelle schrieb: -Original Message- From: Glen Mazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I disagree with you that FOP should have ceased all development during the four or five months you were off the list. Open-source doesn't work that way. Hmmm... One question: Are you so

RE: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Glen Mazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I disagree with you that FOP should have ceased all > development during the four or five months you were > off the list. Open-source doesn't work that way. Hmmm... One question: Are you so bent on misinterpreting one'

RE: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Glen Mazza
--- "Andreas L. Delmelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be completely honest, I was a bit disappointed > when after a couple of > months absence, finally able to check out the > sources again, I had to find > that the whole Visitor design just got kicked out Andreas, we thoroughly discussed the

RE: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Victor Mote
Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: > Not only that. The use-case he described doesn't seem at all > far-fetched. > Imagine FOP/FOray/Defoe having an AWT renderer that displays > an editable XSL-FO in one window, the rendered result in the > other, and allows for updates/modifications made in the first

RE: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Victor Mote [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Victor, > I know better than to take this bait, but ... > No matter... +1 for starters > It has already been pointed out that, if the Visitor stuff was so > terribly complex, there were other solutions that could b

RE: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Victor Mote
Glen Mazza wrote: > I've bought it due to my work with the apps package and > removing AddLMVisitor, and how reducing the complexity > allowed many other changes in other areas that weren't > previously apparent to occur. I also think that many of your > later enhancements in properties would

RE: Exceptions (was: AreaFactory patch)

2004-11-03 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Peter B. West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Would anyone expect that Defoe would > subclass SAXException for document validation errors? If not (it > doesn't), why not? Yes, if you use a SAX parser, why not? My point is that at the top-level, no SAXExceptions s

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Glen Mazza
--- Finn Bock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Chris] > > >>I'm definitely in agreement with you on this one > Glen. Lets keep > >>Layout simple whilst its still unfinished. > >>Pluggable LMs can be added once we have an > >>initial release. > > [Andreas] > > > Well... (sigh)... well ('nutha sigh)

RE: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Victor Mote
Finn Bock wrote: > I got some minor suggestions to the patch: > > - It should be strict typed: createBlock(..), createInline(..) > - It should be complete so that all area creation was done through the >factory, not just the 3 areas that Tibor needs. Yes. Victor Mote

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-03 Thread Chris Bowditch
Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: Hi fellas, Well... (sigh)... well ('nutha sigh) What *does* Finn think, in that case? So far, I've yet to hear a single *solid* argument pleading against the proposed change. Of course, something like LM Makers can be added later on --the proposed AreaFactory shouldn't h

Re: Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch)

2004-11-03 Thread Peter B. West
Finn Bock wrote: [Peter] On the topic of exceptions, and now that it's all over... I was puzzled by this discussion. Would anyone expect that Defoe would subclass SAXException for document validation errors? That is your choice. Surely exceptions that occured during SAX event handling (eg start

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-02 Thread Finn Bock
[Chris] I'm definitely in agreement with you on this one Glen. Lets keep Layout simple whilst its still unfinished. Pluggable LMs can be added once we have an initial release. [Andreas] Well... (sigh)... well ('nutha sigh) What *does* Finn think, in that case? So far, I've yet to hear a single *sol

Exceptions. (Was: AreaFactory patch)

2004-11-02 Thread Finn Bock
[Peter] On the topic of exceptions, and now that it's all over... I was puzzled by this discussion. Would anyone expect that Defoe would subclass SAXException for document validation errors? That is your choice. Surely exceptions that occured during SAX event handling (eg startElement) should be

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-02 Thread Peter B. West
Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: All right, all right, maybe I'll just 'agree to disagree' in this case ;-) --mind you, *not* WRT to Exceptions, though... I declined to further the debate, but I'd much rather see GM read Sun's APIDoc for java.lang.Throwable --makes sense, no? Enough, maybe, to convince o

RE: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-02 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Chris Bowditch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Glen Mazza wrote: > > > Personally speaking, I am much more amenable to adding > > some complexity (LM Makers, for example, or opening up > > our validation) if it helps out Finn's work, because > > of the sheer weigh

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-02 Thread Chris Bowditch
Glen Mazza wrote: Personally speaking, I am much more amenable to adding some complexity (LM Makers, for example, or opening up our validation) if it helps out Finn's work, because of the sheer weight of contributions he adds to Fop. (We slow him down, we slow down Fop.) Making these changes for

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-01 Thread Tibor Vyletel
Hello, - Original Message - From: "Andreas L. Delmelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, > > > I have attached first phase (a working example) of the refactoring I was > > talking about in my previous mails. Please let me know, if this change is > > acceptable for you. If it is, I will finish

RE: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-01 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Tibor Vyletel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > I have attached first phase (a working example) of the refactoring I was > talking about in my previous mails. Please let me know, if this change is > acceptable for you. If it is, I will finish it afterwards. >

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-11-01 Thread Tibor Vyletel
on the interface for pluggable LMs, I can start to implement this refactoring right away ... Best regards, Tibor Vyletel(not Tybor ;-) ICQ# 79458455 - Original Message - From: "Glen Mazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2

Re: AreaFactory patch

2004-10-31 Thread Glen Mazza
I'd rather we have pluggable LayoutManagers -- 1.0's emphasis and I think our previous agreement with Finn/Simon -- than have pluggable Area objects (where much of layout used to be in 0.20.5.) I'm not sure if Fop can realistically handle both at this time. As for complexity, in our LM's, with Ty

AreaFactory patch

2004-10-31 Thread Tibor Vyletel
Hello Fopsters, I have attached first phase (a working example) of the refactoring I was talking about in my previous mails. Please let me know, if this change is acceptable for you. If it is, I will finish it afterwards. Change description: 1) new interface: org.apache.fop.area.AreaFactory & def