RE: Calabash: main driver extensibility

I agree - spent a little while trying to integrate Calabash into our
processing framework by doing just what Florent is proposing.  I got
sidetracked before any useful result, but count this as another vote for
modularizing the runtime API so it can be invoked as a library module.  On
the other hand, if you're lazy enough, you might get a patch from him (or
me), though - you never know :)

-Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xproc-dev-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:xproc-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Florent Georges
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 4:49 PM
> To: XProc Dev
> Subject: Calabash: main driver extensibility
> 
>   Hi,
> 
>   It seems the main Calabash's driver for the command line 
> suffers the same problem than Saxon's drivers: it is not 
> really extensible through derivation, because the whole 
> processing is done in one single, monolithic method.
> 
>   It would be nice to have Main.run() cut down into smaller 
> pieces, so one could extend the class and plug his own 
> processing by overriding the existing methods.  At very 
> least, it would be nice to be able to deal with the 
> XProcRuntime object right after its creation.  Something like 
> replacing the following line at the middle of the file:
> 
>     runtime = new XProcRuntime(config);
> 
> by:
> 
>     runtime = makeRuntime(config);
> 
> and adding the following protected method:
> 
>     /**
>      * Create a new runtime object from a configuration object.
>      *
>      * Override this method if you want to set the runtime object up
>      * in any particular way.
>      */
>     protected XProcRuntime makeRuntime(XProcConfiguration conf)
>             throws XProcException
>     {
>         return new XProcRuntime(conf);
>     }
> 
>   Regards,
> 
> --
> Florent Georges
> http://www.fgeorges.org/
> 
>

Received on Monday, 12 October 2009 21:02:28 UTC