Corevisions wrote:
> > firstly I cant see how that would fall to JADE (or even JOS for that
> > matter--it should be a JOS Library); JADE is after all just a liaison
> > between the user and the OS...
> I just though about it .. but if it will not be part of JADE (which i can
> accept :) )...
> we should think about writing a kind of datatype library which loads different
> file types and returns just a bitmap/text/whatever to the app. it think this
> is th best way to handle the file type chaos ...
this is kinda what I was working on, except it wraps it in a quasibean
created for each type...
> > JMF (JavaMediaFramework) has something like this (for media only), JAF
> > (JActivationF) has something kinda like this but for a different use
> > (but I think it should be from the same place...) and I tried tackling
> > this problem myself (with an uberversion of the HotJava content
> > handlers) although I eventually moved on, I could send what I did to you
> > if you want.
> i'd really like to see it but i can't promise that i'll have enough time to
> read it that intesitively ...
>
> but tell me if the idea of a datatype library (class) would be good or is
> there enough support in the java apis ?!
you could get by with the java apis, but technically you could survive
in the sierra with a poncho and a coffee can (Im saying Id rather not
:). they don't offer as eloquent a solution as Id like.
Cheers,
DigiGod
Postscript: Im sending my work to you in a separate e-mail as a .zip
file (its not what one would describe as "finished" or "runnable" but
its better then nothing I guess ;)
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