Re: Maven changes to EXPath Packaging and EXPath HTTP Client for Java

Er...Michael, I had already done the Maven pom files for the http-client
project too. Perhaps you just missed them?
On 28 Oct 2013 00:09, "Michael Sokolov" <sokolov@falutin.net> wrote:

> Adam, thanks for the documentation! That was welcome.  I wasn't successful
> in getting the project to build in Eclipse (I use the m2e plugin, and it
> works very well with my other maven projects :) -- I think the problem is
> lack of support for multi-module projects).
>
> I do recommend using Maven for your projects.  If you can stand conforming
> to some basic conventions, you get a lot for free.  You don't have to ship
> other people's libraries with your source code, for example, which I think
> is a huge benefit.
>
> I posted something along the same lines for the expath http-client
> project.  It's a little different from (simpler than) what Adam did for the
> pkg project, but the httpclient project is much simpler, too.  I didn't
> move any of the files: just added two pom.xml files.  But to build, you
> have to build them both separately.
>
> Florent, you'll have to decide on a naming and numbering convention for
> Maven artifacts; I wasn't very thoughtful in what I posted, but the
> constraints/recommendations I have would be:
>
> the "group id" has to start with a domain name you control in order to be
> registered w/Maven central (so org.expath or org.expath.whatever).  It's
> simplest to use the same group id for all of your expath artifacts probably?
>
> the "artifact id" can be whatever you want (distinct for each jar), but I
> strongly recommend something descriptive that doesn't rely on the group id
> for context (ie repeat "expath" in the name), because you'll often see it
> listed without the group id.
>
> There is a convention (semver, not really maven per se) about having
> three-digit numbers for versions that I like where the last digit is
> reserved for backwards-compatible changes.
>
> cheers
>
> -Mike
>
> On 10/27/2013 9:19 AM, Adam Retter wrote:
>
>> Hi Florent,
>>
>> So I guess some documentation would of been a good idea! So... here it
>> is - https://github.com/fgeorges/**expath-pkg-java/pull/2<https://github.com/fgeorges/expath-pkg-java/pull/2>
>>
>> At the moment I have only written it for the EXPath PKG project, 99%
>> of it would be the same for the EXPath http-client project. As such I
>> think you should create a 3rd, "expath" repo which is just for holding
>> common stuff, e.g. the parent "expath-parent/pom.xml" and the common
>> doc.
>>
>> Also I have rather assumed that "fgeorges/expath-pkg-java" will be
>> moved to "expath/expath-pkg" ;-)
>>
>> Cheers Adam
>>
>> On 23 October 2013 11:23, Florent Georges <fgeorges@fgeorges.org> wrote:
>>
>>>    Hi,
>>>
>>>    Thanks to Adam, we have now some support for Maven in the EXPath
>>> Packaging and HTTP Client implementations for Java.  This also adds
>>> some streaming facility to the HTTP Client:
>>>
>>>      https://github.com/fgeorges/**expath-pkg-java/<https://github.com/fgeorges/expath-pkg-java/>
>>>      https://github.com/fgeorges/**expath-http-client-java/<https://github.com/fgeorges/expath-http-client-java/>
>>>
>>>    Unfortunately, those changes were so huge and about so different
>>> things (moving to Maven, adding streaming, changing lots of files
>>> without any functional changes except formatting the code differently,
>>> etc.), that it was very hard to merge them and resolve the conflicts.
>>> So I pushed them in their own branch (resp. "maven" and "maven-and-
>>> streaming"), can I then ask anyone involved in those projects to test
>>> and review them before merging to master?
>>>
>>>    The Maven part is also not documented.  Can anyone have a look at it
>>> and suggets changes to the following files (that I have created, but
>>> as I don't know anything about Maven, I can't fill the blanks myself):
>>>
>>>      https://github.com/fgeorges/**expath-pkg-java/blob/maven/**
>>> doc/development.md<https://github.com/fgeorges/expath-pkg-java/blob/maven/doc/development.md>
>>>      https://github.com/fgeorges/**expath-http-client-java/blob/**
>>> maven-and-streaming/doc/**development.md<https://github.com/fgeorges/expath-http-client-java/blob/maven-and-streaming/doc/development.md>
>>>
>>>    Regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Florent Georges
>>> http://fgeorges.org/
>>> http://h2oconsulting.be/
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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