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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:15:19 +0300
From: "Alexandru Popescu" <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@gmail.com>
To: "Struts Developers List" <dev@struts.apache.org>
Subject: Re: [action2] [VOTE] Target Java 5, support 1.4 through Retroweaver
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	 <444D55EA.10407@twdata.org>

Oh yes... it is +1.
I was only discussing only about the promise to support 1.4. We've
been doing this in TestNG and I want to let you know, that even if the
sourcebase is smaller than WW, we've been facing from time to time
problems doing this :-).

./alex
--
.w( the_mindstorm )p.


On 4/25/06, Don Brown <mrdon@twdata.org> wrote:
> So... is that a +1? :)
>
> As for annotations, I'd imagine we'd keep the XML as override so most any=
thing you can do with annotations, you could
> also do in XML.  This would give Java 1.4 users mostly the same capabilit=
ies.
>
> Don
>
> Alexandru Popescu wrote:
> > This looks quite nice. I cannot figure out what means support for
> > annotations. Even if they are left inside the classbytecode, you will
> > not have access to the API to use them (except the case they are
> > weaving the Class.class, but I really don't think so).
> >
> > ./alex
> > --
> > .w( the_mindstorm )p.
> >
> >
> > On 4/24/06, Don Brown <mrdon@twdata.org> wrote:
> >> There has been a lot of discussion on Java 5 support for Struts Action=
 2, and from my reading of the comments, we have
> >> settled on a path, but I want to formalize it in a vote to ensure we a=
re all on the same page.
> >>
> >> I vote we develop Struts Action 2 with Java 5, taking advantage of it =
where ever we can.  At the same time, we should
> >> use Retroweaver to build jars that will run in a 1.4 JVM.  For those t=
hat aren't familiar, Retroweaver supports
> >> conversion of an impressive amount of Java 5 features and language cha=
nges.  In summary, Retroweaver supports [1]:
> >>
> >>      * generics
> >>      * extended for loops
> >>      * static imports
> >>      * autoboxing/unboxing
> >>      * varargs
> >>      * enumerations
> >>      * annotations
> >>
> >> Therefore, our development philosophy will be to take _full_ advantage=
 of Java 5, but provide a working jar for Java
> >> 1.4, however, we can't guarantee every Struts Action 2.0 feature will =
be available to Java 1.4 users.
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> [ ] +1 Make Java 5 the target
> >> [ ] +0 I am fine with this move, but I'll still mainly interested in 1=
.4
> >> [ ] -0 I am not too keen, because ...
> >> [ ] -1 I am against this move, because ...
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> I'll tally the votes after at least 72 hours and include the count in =
our STATUS file.  The vote is open to anyone.
> >>
> >> Don
> >>
> >> [1] http://retroweaver.sourceforge.net/documentation.html
> >>
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