[jdom-interest] Java 5.0 JDOM Plans?

[Victor Toni]

Jason Hunter wrote:

> Halloran Timothy J LtCol AFIT/ENGC wrote:
>
>> Your approach 2) seems the only viable approach to support a more "like"
>> Java 5 interface.  Wrappers with covarent return types would fix most of
>> the problems, such as:
>>
>> package org.jdom5;
>>
>> import java.util.List;
>>
>> import org.jdom.Content;
>>
>> public class Element extends org.jdom.Element {
>
>
> Uh huh, I think the benefit received by having the org.jdom5.Element 
> wrapper is less than the confusion it breeds.
>
>> But this introduces LOTS OF problems...the worst of which is backwards
>> compatibility.  Hence, your approach 2) seems the only possible way
>> ahead (if a Java 5 interface is deemed desirable).  Confusion can't be
>> helped, but potential runtime conflicts can be resolved by having two
>> different jars and ensuring complete backwards compatibility with the
>> current 1.0 interface (the test suite can help here).
>>
>> Are you open to an experimental CVS module to try this out?  Prehaps
>> putting in the contributions you have to date?  I'm even willing to host
>> it at CMU (if that is helpful),  I'd just need a tar of the "jdom"
>> module -- so history isn't lost.  I guess--if there is no interest--I
>> could do the transition on my own and host it--at least for my own use
>> :-) and my students.
>
>
> If we want to go this way, it's easy for jdom.org to host it.  I've 
> just wanted to resist starting the official "fork" even under the 
> title of "experimental".
>
> So let me ask:
>
> How many people would welcome a jdom5.jar that's built for Java 5?

I would love to have a version compiled with generics.
Actually there is no really a need for a fork because the Java compiler 
and the compiler from Eclipse have the (not well documented) feature to 
compile code with generics for the 1.4 version.
As long as only generics and the enhanced for-loop are used there should 
be no problem to use the same code base for Java 1.4 and Java 5.
I am using it myself and it works very well for me but I might have a 
smaller user base ;-)

Regards,
Victor Toni

>
> Have any other libraries followed this "forked" path?  How has it 
> worked for them?
>
> -jh-
>
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