Re: [GSWHackers] [PATCH/RFC] GSWeb - single GSW/WO namespace frameworks

[David Ayers]

Hi again,

here is an updated version of the GSW-WO patch...

David Ayers wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Currently GSWeb builds all classes and globals with the GSW prefix and 
> supplies WO prefixed subclasses for convenience to support both GSW 
> and WO naming conventions at runtime. Both GSW and WO projects can 
> compile againts this default framework, yet WO projects are subject to 
> lots of compiler warnings about invalid pointer assignments as the 
> class hierarchy of the WO classes isn't  clean.
>
> This patch adds support to have the sources build and install seperate 
> frameworks for each name space.
> GSWeb/GSWeb_wo, GSWExtensions/GSWebExtensions_wo and 
> GSWExtensionsGSW/GSWExtensionsGSW_wo
> seperatly.
>
> I think it will be best to branch (or at least tag) before commiting 
> these changes. Maybe even change version number in the framework. Most 
> of the changes in this patch are in the configuration, makefiles and 
> headers (or rather thier inclusions).  Other places that currently 
> support the hybrid namespaces will be dealt with later.
>
> You may ./configure gsweb using: --with-gswnames=(gsw,wo,all) with 
> 'all' being default.  This will determine which option the makefiles 
> will use when not explicitly set during make invokation.  Yet you may 
> "make gswnames=(gsw,wo,all) <target>" at any time, independant of you 
> configuration.
>
> GSW-Projects don't need to be touched at all, but you may want to 
> remove some explicit linking agains the gsweb libs and merely include 
> $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Auxiliary/gsweb.make.  These projects should also 
> make sure only to include <GSWeb/file.h>,  <GSWExtensions/file.h>, 
> <GSWExtensionsGSW/file.h> but I believe that should generally be the 
> case allready.
>
> WO-Projects should include 
> $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Auxiliary/gsweb_wo.make. They should also make 
> sure only to include <WebObjects/file.h>, <WOExtensions/file.h> but I 
> believe that also should generally be the case allready. (They may 
> also include <GSWExtenstionsGSW_wo/file.h>)
>
> If you wish to use a similar technique to build projects that compile 
> against both versions, have a look at the GSWExtenstions subproject 
> (or ask me :-) ).
>
> New files needed by this patch :
> gsweb/config.mak.in
> gsweb/GSWExtensions.framework/WOExtensions.h
> gsweb/GSWExtensions.framework/GSWExtensions.h
> gsweb/GSWExtensions.framework/GSWExtWOCompatibility.h
> gsweb/GSWExtensionsGSW.framework/GSWExtGSWWOCompatibility.h
>
> Files to remove with this patch:
> gsweb/config.mak 

 gsweb/gsweb_wo.make

> gsweb/GSWeb.framework/WebObjects/WOApplication.h
> gsweb/GSWeb.framework/WebObjects/WOComponent.h
> gsweb/GSWeb.framework/WebObjects/WOContext.h
> gsweb/GSWeb.framework/WebObjects/WODirectAction.h
> gsweb/GSWeb.framework/WebObjects/WORequest.h
> gsweb/GSWeb.framework/WebObjects/WOSession.h
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dave

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