[mapguide-internals] RE: [mapguide-users] GoodDevelopment Environment for MGOS

[Jason Birch]

Maybe the barriers to entry are too high? :)

Java is one area where we have a major leg up on other applications
that, for instance, use com wrappers.  It would be nice to be able to
"sell" MapGuide's native java support as a differentiator.

I agree that we haven't seen as much interest in Java as in PHP or C#,
but I think that the potential is there, especially in enterprise-level
solutions.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Bray
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:46
To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
Subject: Re: [mapguide-internals] RE: [mapguide-users] GoodDevelopment
Environment for MGOS

Jason,

We spent a bunch of time making the .NET wrappers play well in .NET
environments and be more friendly to .NET developers. We could do the
same for Java but so far I have not seen enough interest in Java to
justify the effort.

Bob

Jason Birch wrote:
> If the MapGuide Java stuff isn't following Java conventions, is this 
> something that can be altered with Swig so that Java developers have a

> more natural experience?
> 
> Jason
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:Joel Carranza
> To: MapGuide Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Good Development Environment for MGOS
> 
> One problem i've had with developing MGOS apps in Java is that 
> whatever was used to build the wrapper library does not follow 
> standard java conventions. Specifically:
> 
> - method names start with upper case letters.
> - everything throws a checked Exception
> - MGOS collection classes don't extend the java collection classes 
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