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From: Allen Brookes <abrookes () roguewave ! com>
Date: 2006-03-29 18:48:57
Message-ID: D486606E7AD20947BDB7E56862E04C3901A1025C () cvo1 ! cvo ! roguewave ! com
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This is a proposal for an xmlbeans subproject which should be discussed here
and voted on at the xmlbeans PMC. This is a modification of an earlier
proposal (May 15, 2005). This proposal is being resubmitted on the advice
of Cliff Schmidt. The nature of the proposal changed when the company Touk
offered to submit their xmlbeansxx code base as the initial code. This also
changed who the main developers on the project would be. Because of the
change of focus, and due to scheduling issues within Rogue Wave, the role of
Rogue Wave developers on the project has greatly diminished. One result of
these changes is the need for developers at Touk to act as committers.
Because adding committers is done on the basis of merit, and because there
is no basis yet for judging merit on this project, Cliff has advised us to
start over with a new proposal.
Proposal to create a C++ version of the Apache XMLBeans project
Submission date: 29 March 2006, Allen Brookes, (abrookes @ RogueWave
dot-com)
(0) rationale
Apache currently maintains the XMLBeans/Java project, a tool that uses XML
Schema as a basis for generating Java classes used to easily access XML
instance data. The goal of the XMLBeans/C++ project is to provide a very
similar user experience for C++ developers as that provided by the
XMLBeans/Java version. This includes generating strongly-typed C++ classes
for the XML binding as well as providing low-level C++ APIs enabling access
to the raw, underlying XML content. Where possible, the XMLBeans/C++ project
will provide a nearly identical API and parallel architecture to that
provided by the Java counterpart, and will closely mimic both features and
schedule.
The project will be jump started with the contribution of xmlbeansxx, a
partial C++ implementation of XMLBeans from Touk
(http://touk.pl/web/en/index.html <http://touk.pl/web/en/index.html> ).
Rogue Wave Software will help jump start this project by contributing
considerable expertise in the area of XML data bindings in C++ and C++
expertise in general.
(0.1) criteria
Meritocracy: The C++ version of the project should adhere to the same open,
merit-based community standards as other Apache projects.
Contributions and Core Developers: Code being contributed is an open source
partial implementation of XMLBeans in C++ created by Touk.
The community should be able to immediately jump in and begin work, along
side dedicated Touk and Rogue Wave personnel, to turn the initial
contribution into a feature-compatible version of XMLBeans for C++.
Community: The community around the Java version of XMLBeans is already
vibrant and growing. There is every reason to believe many of those within
the existing community have experience and/or general interest in a
successful, compatible C++ implementation of the toolset. This should ensure
an immediately active and vocal community, even if the primary interest is
in ensuring a similar experience between versions. The original contribution
for this project has been around for some time and has generated some
interest already.
Additionally, at least one member of an existing Apache project has
expressed interest in a project like XMLBeans/C++ to aid in his current
work. Higher-level projects such as Axis for C++ seem to be natural
beneficiaries of this work.
(0.2) known risks
Orphaned Products: The xmlbeansxx project has been around for some time now
and development has been active throughout this time. There is every reason
to expect that this commitment will continue after the transition to Apache.
Inexperience with Open Source: Rogue Wave has been gaining experience with
open source through the STDCXX, The Apache C++ Standard Library, currently
undergoing incubation. Touk has had experience with open source through the
xmlbeanscxx project.
Initial Reliance on Salaried Workers: Due to the rapid process of
transitioning to work on the open source XMLBeans/C++ project, the listed
contributors are all inside the commercial realm. We expect this list of
external volunteers to grow significantly after the initial public code
drop.
Licensing, Patents, Miscellaneous Legal: Files in the contributed code are
already licensed under the Apache License, Version 2:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlbeansxx/
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlbeansxx/> .
(1) scope of the subproject
The XMLBeans/C++ subproject will conform to the identical scope as that laid
out for the partner Java project. Special care will be taken to implement
features and add conveniences that would be expected by a C++ developer.
(2) identify the initial source for subproject code
The initial source for the subproject will be the xmlbeanxx project from
Touk. Some background information may be found on this product at:
Xmlbeansxx home page (http://xmlbeansxx.touk.pl)
(3) identify the ASF resources to be created (most of these have already
been created)
(3.1) mailing list(s)
cxx-dev@xmlbeans.apache.org
cxx-user@xmlbeans.apache.org
cxx-commits@xmlbeans.apache.org
(3.2) SVN repositories
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/xmlbeanscxx/
<http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/xmlbeanscxx/>
(3.3) Bugzilla
The XMLBeans/C++ bug tracking database (key XBC) is in Jira:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XBC
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XBC>
(4.0) identify the initial set of committers
This is a preliminary list that will be updated with volunteer members.
Allen Brookes (abrookes @ roguewave dot-com)
David Haney (david.haney @ roguewave dot-com)
Tomasz Wielga (tw @ touk dot-pl)
Rafal Rusin (rr @ touk dot-pl
(5) identify apache sponsoring individual
Cliff Schmidt, of the XMLBeans/Java project, has volunteered to sponsor this
project.
Cliff Schmidt (CliffS @ Apache dot-org)
(6) open issues for discussion
The original code contribution has an API that is very similar to that of
the Java version. However, there are parts of the API that have not yet
been implemented that may be considered essential by users of the Java
version wishing to migrate or co-develop applications.
Addressing this deficiency is considered a high priority task for the C++
project.
This task is currently underway at Touk and will be continued after the code
has been contributed.
The contributed C++ code is based on its own code generator. It is probably
desirable to consolidate both C++ and Java projects under the same code
generator, most likely the one already included in the Java version of the
XMLBeans.
This is not considered a priority-1 task at this point, more of a long term
goal and convenience. If it saves time in other priority tasks it will be
looked at closely, however.
Platform support
Unlike Java, the C++ port will have significant issues around platform and
compiler support. In order to help with this the project will be using the
C++ standard library, and may in fact benefit greatly from STDCXX, The
Apache C++ Standard Library, currently in incubation. Initially the native
StdLib will be used.
Good platform support will be very important so even the early builds should
be done on Windows and Linux, and preferably at least one Unix variety. Long
term the matrix should be very large.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>This is a proposal for an xmlbeans subproject which
should be discussed here and voted on at the xmlbeans PMC. This is a
modification of an earlier proposal (</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier \
New"'>May 15, 2005</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span \
style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>). This proposal is being \
resubmitted on the advice of Cliff Schmidt. The nature of the proposal changed \
when the company Touk offered to submit their xmlbeansxx code base as the initial
code. This also changed who the main developers on the project would
be. Because of the change of focus, and due to scheduling issues within
Rogue Wave, the role of Rogue Wave developers on the project has greatly
diminished. One result of these changes is the need for developers at
Touk to act as committers. Because adding committers is done on the basis
of merit, and because there is no basis yet for judging merit on this project,
Cliff has advised us to start over with a new proposal.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Proposal to create a C++ version of the Apache
XMLBeans project </span></font></p>
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font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Submission date: </span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier \
New"'>29</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> March 2006</span></font><font \
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>, \
Allen Brookes, (abrookes @ RogueWave dot-com) </span></font></p>
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font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(0) rationale </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Apache currently maintains the XMLBeans/Java
project, a tool that uses XML Schema as a basis for generating Java classes
used to easily access XML instance data. The goal of the XMLBeans/C++ project is
to provide a very similar user experience for C++ developers as that provided
by the XMLBeans/Java version. This includes generating strongly-typed C++
classes for the XML binding as well as providing low-level C++ APIs enabling
access to the raw, underlying XML content. Where possible, the XMLBeans/C++
project will provide a nearly identical API and parallel architecture to that
provided by the Java counterpart, and will closely mimic both features and
schedule. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>The project will be jump started with the
contribution of xmlbeansxx, a partial C++ implementation of XMLBeans from Touk
(<a href="http://touk.pl/web/en/index.html">http://touk.pl/web/en/index.html</a>).
Rogue Wave Software will help jump start this project by contributing
considerable expertise in the area of XML data bindings in C++ and C++
expertise in general. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(0.1) criteria </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Meritocracy: The C++ version of the project should
adhere to the same open, merit-based community standards as other Apache
projects. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Contributions and Core Developers: Code being
contributed is an open source partial implementation of XMLBeans in C++ created
by Touk. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>The community should be able to immediately jump in
and begin work, along side dedicated Touk and Rogue Wave personnel, to turn the
initial contribution into a feature-compatible version of XMLBeans for C++. \
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Community: The community around the Java version of
XMLBeans is already vibrant and growing. There is every reason to believe many
of those within the existing community have experience and/or general interest
in a successful, compatible C++ implementation of the toolset. This should
ensure an immediately active and vocal community, even if the primary interest
is in ensuring a similar experience between versions. The original contribution
for this project has been around for some time and has generated some interest
already. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Additionally, at least one member of an existing
Apache project has expressed interest in a project like XMLBeans/C++ to aid in
his current work. Higher-level projects such as Axis for C++ seem to be natural
beneficiaries of this work. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(0.2) known risks </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Orphaned Products: The xmlbeansxx project has been
around for some time now and development has been active throughout this
time. There is every reason to expect that this commitment will continue
after the transition to Apache.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Inexperience with Open
Source: Rogue Wave has been gaining experience with open source through the STDCXX,
The Apache C++ Standard Library, currently undergoing incubation. Touk
has had experience with open source through the xmlbeanscxx \
project.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Initial Reliance on Salaried Workers: Due to the
rapid process of transitioning to work on the open source XMLBeans/C++ project,
the listed contributors are all inside the commercial realm. We expect this
list of external volunteers to grow significantly after the initial public code
drop.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Licensing, Patents,
Miscellaneous Legal: Files in the contributed code <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>are</span></font> already licensed under the Apache License,
Version 2: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlbeansxx/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlbeansxx/</a>.
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(1) scope of the subproject </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>The XMLBeans/C++ subproject will conform to the
identical scope as that laid out for the partner Java project. Special care
will be taken to implement features and add conveniences that would be expected
by a C++ developer.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(2) identify the initial source for subproject code \
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>The initial source for the subproject will be the
xmlbeanxx project from Touk. Some background information may be found on
this product at: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Xmlbeansxx home page \
(http://xmlbeansxx.touk.pl)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(3) identify the ASF resources to be created <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>(most of these have already been \
created)</span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(3.1) mailing list(s) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier \
New"'>cxx-dev@xmlbeans.apache.org</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier \
New"'>cxx-user@xmlbeans.apache.org</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier \
New"'>cxx-commits@xmlbeans.apache.org</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(3.2) SVN repositories </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a
href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/xmlbeanscxx/">http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/xmlbeanscxx/</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(3.3) Bugzilla </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The XMLBeans/C++ bug
tracking database (key XBC) is in Jira: <a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XBC">https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XBC</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(4.0) identify the initial set of committers \
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>This is a preliminary list that will be updated with
volunteer members. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Allen Brookes</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> (<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>ab</span></font>rookes @ <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>r</span></font>ogue<font color=navy><span \
style='color:navy'>w</span></font>ave dot-com) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>David Haney</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> (<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>d</span></font>avid.<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>h</span></font>aney @ <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>r</span></font>ogue<font color=navy><span \
style='color:navy'>w</span></font>ave dot-com) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Tomasz Wielga (tw @ touk dot-pl)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Rafal Rusin (rr @ touk dot-pl</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(5) identify apache sponsoring individual \
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Cliff Schmidt, of the XMLBeans/Java project, has
volunteered to sponsor this project. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Cliff Schmidt (CliffS @ Apache dot-org) </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>(6) open issues for discussion </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>The original code contribution has an API that is
very similar to that of the Java version. However, there are parts of the
API that have not yet been implemented that may be considered essential by
users of the Java version wishing to migrate or co-develop \
applications.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Addressing this deficiency is considered a high
priority task for the C++ project. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>This task is currently underway at Touk and will be
continued after the code has been contributed. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>The contributed C++ code is based on its own code
generator. It is probably desirable to consolidate both C++ and Java projects
under the same code generator, most likely the one already included in the Java
version of the XMLBeans. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>This is not considered a priority-1 task at this
point, more of a long term goal and convenience. If it saves time in other
priority tasks it will be looked at closely, however. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Platform support </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Unlike Java, the C++ port will have significant
issues around platform and compiler support. In order to help with this the
project will be using the</span></font> <font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>C++ standard library, and
may in fact benefit greatly from STDCXX, The Apache C++ Standard Library,
currently in incubation. Initially the native StdLib will be used. \
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Good platform support will be very important so even
the early builds should be done on Windows and Linux, and preferably at least one
Unix variety. Long term the matrix should be very large. </span></font></p>
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