Re: [PROPOSAL] Commons Expression

2008-04-15 Thread Rahul Akolkar
On 4/15/08, Dion Gillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So this is similar to a backport of javax.script to 1.4? > In the sense that it is probably of limited value in JDK 1.6+. It could actually target < 1.4, the JDK limitation will probably be introduced by the EL impls in use, rather than the [e

Re: [PROPOSAL] Commons Expression

2008-04-15 Thread Dion Gillard
So this is similar to a backport of javax.script to 1.4? On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Rahul Akolkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [I] Rationale: > > Numerous expression languages exist for embedding in Java-based > applications and frameworks. There is a growing tend to defer choice > of the e

Re: [PROPOSAL] Commons Expression

2008-04-14 Thread Rahul Akolkar
Couple of follow-up comments: * I just listed myself on the proposal, but if you have sandbox access and are interested, you're welcome to join the fun :-) (and update the proposal's interested committers section etc. as you see fit) * We will need a JDK 1.4 release (so we can cut over [scxml]

[PROPOSAL] Commons Expression

2008-04-14 Thread Rahul Akolkar
[I] Rationale: Numerous expression languages exist for embedding in Java-based applications and frameworks. There is a growing tend to defer choice of the expression language, especially since users of frameworks and middleware components demand such freedom. Commons Expression aims to provide a s