[jboss-dev] Re: X2JB - The Excellent Java Tool

[Bill Burke]

We've already been down this route before Richard when Scott and Alexi 
built there own JAXB implementation a few years ago.  I don't see why we 
need to do it again...

If JAXB doesn't meet some esoteric need you have, become a contributor. 
  Its open source.

Richard Opalka wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> 
>   we're working on J2EE server.
> Everybody knows JAXB here
> because it's de facto Java standard.
> But for configuration purposes
> I decided to write simpler tool ;)
> 
> Just one highlight:
> JAXB API: https://jaxb.dev.java.net/nonav/jaxb20-pfd/api/index.html
> X2JB API: http://x2jb.sourceforge.net/api/index.html
> 
> Both can do the same job when dealing with configurations.
> 
> Richard
> 
> PS: People usually write software when they're missing something out there.
> 
> Bill Burke wrote:
>> I guess you've never heard of JAXB?
>>
>> Richard Opalka wrote:
>>> Hi Everybody,
>>>
>>>   are you missing extremely simple but powerful configuration tool 
>>> for your (sub)project?
>>> Are your configurations stored in XML files and you just need to read 
>>> them
>>> and create the meta data model from it?
>>>   Then you should have a look to X2JB 2.0 ( 
>>> http://x2jb.sourceforge.net/ )
>>>   Once you'll try it, you'll never want to return back to your old 
>>> configuration approach ;)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>
> 
> 

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