[jboss-as7-dev] Cleaning up JBoss Metadata

[Rémy Maucherat]

On 02/21/2013 10:07 AM, Stuart Douglas wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Now that we have started on AS8 I would like to clean up JBoss Metadata,
> and get rid of some of the legacy stuff that has accumulated over the years.
>
> Basically I would like to branch 7.x for AS7 bug fixes, and start on
> version 8.0 in master.
>
> The changes I want to make are basically:
>
> - Run a code formatter over the whole code base, and setup checkstyle rules
> - Delete all the dead code, that is no longer relevant
> - Flatten some of the inheritance hierarchies that are a relic from the
> JAXB parsing days
> - Fix or delete the ignored tests
>
> Nothing major, but I just think that it will make the code more
> maintainable going forward.
>
> I have made a start here:
>
> https://github.com/stuartwdouglas/metadata/compare/master
>
> Can anyone see any problems with this approach?
>
> If not, I will go ahead with this.
>
Ok. Just don't remove too much stuff unless 100% certain, removing too 
many things usually brings little real value other than causing 
headaches later.

Rémy