Generated source files? (Re: Small problem with Netbeans on fop-users@)

[Andreas L Delmelle <a_...@pandora.be>]

On Mar 10, 2007, at 15:34, Vincent Hennebert wrote:

> Thomas Zastrow a écrit :
>> <snip />
>> But I haven't a directory called "gensrc"? I downloaded the SVN- 
>> version
>> just minutes ago.
>
> This directory contains source files automatically generated during  
> the
> build process. To create it you have to run
>     ant codegen
> in the root directory of FOP.

FWIW, the XML sources of these generated files hardly ever change, so  
I think we may even consider replacing these with pregenerated java  
classes...?

It always seems to confuse people who are interested in contributing  
code.
Then, once you start wondering why these need to be generated and  
cannot simply be added as java sources, you'll quickly realize there  
is no good reason for that. Replacing maintenance of 15 classes with  
maintaining 2 stylesheets and 15 XML source files hardly seems worth  
the trouble... :/


Cheers,

Andreas

Re: Generated source files? (Re: Small problem with Netbeans on fop-users@)

[Andreas L Delmelle <a_...@pandora.be>]

On Mar 10, 2007, at 21:16, Andreas L Delmelle wrote:

> On Mar 10, 2007, at 21:14, Peter B. West wrote:
>
>> <snip />
>> Novel idea.
>
> Yeah, I did seem to remember this coming up earlier...
>
>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=105728457029132&w=2
>>

Re-reading this thread, I even realize now that it may just have been  
that discussion that drove me to disliking the idea of generated  
source files in the first place. Yes, it was in fact /your/ idea,  
Peter. :)

Later on, I encountered other scenarios where generated source files  
were being used, and the only thing in particular that comes to mind  
about them, is that they were driving the devs who had to work with  
them crazy like hell... Changing a column in the master database with  
a nightly script would leave them with altered method signatures for  
some of the referenced classes the next morning they came in.

Cheers,

Andreas

Re: Generated source files? (Re: Small problem with Netbeans on fop-users@)

[Andreas L Delmelle <a_...@pandora.be>]

On Mar 10, 2007, at 21:14, Peter B. West wrote:

> <snip />
> Novel idea.

Yeah, I did seem to remember this coming up earlier...

> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=105728457029132&w=2
>


Cheers,

Andreas

Re: Generated source files? (Re: Small problem with Netbeans on fop-users@)

["Peter B. West" <pb...@pbw.id.au>]

Andreas L Delmelle wrote:
> On Mar 10, 2007, at 15:34, Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> 
>> Thomas Zastrow a écrit :
>>> <snip />
>>> But I haven't a directory called "gensrc"? I downloaded the SVN-version
>>> just minutes ago.
>>
>> This directory contains source files automatically generated during the
>> build process. To create it you have to run
>>     ant codegen
>> in the root directory of FOP.
> 
> FWIW, the XML sources of these generated files hardly ever change, so I
> think we may even consider replacing these with pregenerated java
> classes...?
> 
> It always seems to confuse people who are interested in contributing code.
> Then, once you start wondering why these need to be generated and cannot
> simply be added as java sources, you'll quickly realize there is no good
> reason for that. Replacing maintenance of 15 classes with maintaining 2
> stylesheets and 15 XML source files hardly seems worth the trouble... :/
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andreas

Novel idea.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=105728457029132&w=2