[jdom-interest] Wish-list

[Garey Mills]

Rolf -

     I'd like to see a persistence layer integrated with BaseX.

Garey Mills
Library Systems Office
UC Berkeley

On 5/9/2012 6:46 AM, Rolf Lear wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> So 2.0.1 has settled in nicely, with no apparent issues. I have also 
> taken some 'JDOM down-time' to just get some of my life in order.... 
> and to avoid some burn-out. I'm now at a cross-roads of sorts....
>
> My personal goal when I got involved with JDOM 2.x was to 'make JDOM 
> current again', and I believe it is now (again) the 'best in class' 
> in-memory XML model for Java.
>
> So, what is the 'cross-roads'? JDOM 2.x is now just an up to date 1.x 
> version, with a more consistent code base, and which implements the 
> modern Java concepts. But, should JDOM now settle in to a 
> maintenance-only mode again until the next major development cycle in 
> another 5 years? Or should JDOM again 'pioneer' in some new directions 
> that make XML processing easier.
>
> I know I have my eyes on the 'Resolver' aspect of XML parsing, and I 
> am going to start playing with that some more, but maybe there are 
> other interesting things JDOM could be doing.
>
> So, this is a call for any 'wish-list' items that you want to have 
> available in JDOM.
>
> Is there anything else JDOM can do for you?
>
> I think it would be reasonable to consider a JDOM 2.1 'branch' which 
> extends existing JDOM functionality in the next 6 months or so, if 
> there is a feature that would be nice to have, and people with an 
> interest in building it....
>
> Rolf
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