Tobias Strasser wrote:

> the need for configurable, plugable import/export handlers is
> undoubted. as first step, we will provide those handles, using
> commons-chain. but if it shows, that there is a better alternative, i
> think we can easily switch to something else.

so is this something you're working on in the short term? i'm going to 
need it within the next 4 weeks, so i'm happy to work on it if you have 
other things you'd rather do, but if you're fired up about it, then i'll 
spend my time elsewhere :)