[jira] [Created] (PDFBOX-1684) DateConverter source is in three places and has diverged

["Fred Hansen (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Fred Hansen created PDFBOX-1684:
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             Summary: DateConverter source is in three places and has diverged
                 Key: PDFBOX-1684
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1684
             Project: PDFBox
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Utilities
    Affects Versions: 2.0.0
         Environment: Win 8, maven 3.0.5, svn 1.7.8 (r1419691), javac 1.7.0_25
            Reporter: Fred Hansen
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 2.0.0


Versions of DateConverter,java are in three (3) packages: jempbox.impl, pdfbox.util, and xmpbox. They have diverged as updates have been made to one or the other. 

Date Converter is used in these modules:
    jempbox.xmp.ResourceEvent.java
    jempbox.xmp.XMPSchema.java
    pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary.java
    pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf.FDFAnnotation.java
    preflight.metadata.SynchronizedMetaDataValidation.java
    xmpbox.type.DateType.java

The smallest library is xmpbox, so let's consider it as a home for DateConverter. Preflight already imports xmpbox. Pdfbox requires jempbox, so importing xmpbox into jempbox will satisfy both.  Since xmpbox defines some xmp features, it seems likely that jempbox could take further advantage of xmpbox.

Conclusion and recommendation:  have a single copy of DateConverter in xmpbox.


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