Are you planning to update the htmlparser to the latest?

[Hideaki Kimura <hk...@be.to>]

Hi,

I'm trying to develop a BeanShell Sampler which uses the htmlparser to
parse ctx.getPreviousResult().getResponseData() for correlations.

Though it works well, I was a little troubled to use the older version
of htmlparser as it doesn't have the NodeFilter and its strong
features.

Could you tell me whether you are planning to update the htmlparser to
the latest and, if not, why?

Thanks and regards,
Hideaki


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Re: Are you planning to update the htmlparser to the latest?

[Peter Lin <wo...@gmail.com>]

LGPL is not allowed by apache foundation, so we are restricted by that.  the
HTMLParser developers were kind enough to give us snapshot and license it
under apache, but that means the version we use is out of date with the
current version.

I know there's been a lot of API changes in HTMLParser, so it's likely the
change aren't compatable.

peter


On 3/22/06, hkimura <hk...@be.to> wrote:
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> > AFAIK, we can't distribute the current version owing to licence
> restrictions.
> Oh, that's the why. So sorry.
>
> > We could perhaps ship JMeter without htmlparser, and allow users to
> > download it separately.
> >
> > This would require some code changes so that JMeter still worked
> > without the download.
> > Why not download your own copy of htmlparser and use that instead of
> > the one supplied with JMeter. Does that work?
> Unfortunately, no. It won't run nor be compiled.
> As you told below, it uses some incompatible API, such as Scnanner,
> which was replaced with NodeFilter.
>
> > If there have been incompatible API changes, you may be able to hack
> > the BSH code to use a different classpath so that it uses the new
> > version, and the rest the old.
> Sure, it's a good hack.
> But, if I can, I'd like to have the simplest way.
> The simplest is the easiest and safest to maintain.
>
> Is the Apache software license incompatible with the LGPL?
> If so, and if you let me do it, I'm willing to implement
> > We could perhaps ship JMeter without htmlparser, and allow users to
> > download it separately.
> >
> > This would require some code changes so that JMeter still worked
> > without the download.
> to avoid the license problem.
>
> Can I?
>
> # Uh, but, if there are users who have a BeanShell Sampler which uses
> # htmlparser and Scanner? Alas!
>
> Regards,
> Hideaki
>
>
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Re: Are you planning to update the htmlparser to the latest?

[hkimura <hk...@be.to>]

Thanks for replying.

> AFAIK, we can't distribute the current version owing to licence restrictions.
Oh, that's the why. So sorry.

> We could perhaps ship JMeter without htmlparser, and allow users to
> download it separately.
> 
> This would require some code changes so that JMeter still worked
> without the download.
> Why not download your own copy of htmlparser and use that instead of
> the one supplied with JMeter. Does that work?
Unfortunately, no. It won't run nor be compiled.
As you told below, it uses some incompatible API, such as Scnanner,
which was replaced with NodeFilter.

> If there have been incompatible API changes, you may be able to hack
> the BSH code to use a different classpath so that it uses the new
> version, and the rest the old.
Sure, it's a good hack.
But, if I can, I'd like to have the simplest way.
The simplest is the easiest and safest to maintain.

Is the Apache software license incompatible with the LGPL?
If so, and if you let me do it, I'm willing to implement
> We could perhaps ship JMeter without htmlparser, and allow users to
> download it separately.
> 
> This would require some code changes so that JMeter still worked
> without the download.
to avoid the license problem.

Can I?

# Uh, but, if there are users who have a BeanShell Sampler which uses
# htmlparser and Scanner? Alas!

Regards,
Hideaki


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Re: Are you planning to update the htmlparser to the latest?

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

On 22/03/06, Hideaki Kimura <hk...@be.to> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to develop a BeanShell Sampler which uses the htmlparser to
> parse ctx.getPreviousResult().getResponseData() for correlations.
>
> Though it works well, I was a little troubled to use the older version
> of htmlparser as it doesn't have the NodeFilter and its strong
> features.
>
> Could you tell me whether you are planning to update the htmlparser to
> the latest and, if not, why?

AFAIK, we can't distribute the current version owing to licence restrictions.

We could perhaps ship JMeter without htmlparser, and allow users to
download it separately.

This would require some code changes so that JMeter still worked
without the download.

Why not download your own copy of htmlparser and use that instead of
the one supplied with JMeter. Does that work?

If there have been incompatible API changes, you may be able to hack
the BSH code to use a different classpath so that it uses the new
version, and the rest the old.

> Thanks and regards,
> Hideaki
>
>
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