.NET 2.0 Compatibility

[rivaaj]

Hi

I've opened the the Spring 0.6.0-rc3 solution in Visual Studio .NET 2005 (Feb CTP) and attempted a compile. There seem to be a few errors and warnings. I haven't looked into the specific issues identified by the compiler but are there plans for supporting both the 1.1 and 2.0 frameworks (if there are differences in the final 2.0 release)? Does anyone have guidelines on how to patch the current release for building on .Net 2.0?

Admittedly, validating the compatibility of two beta products is a bit unfair at this stage.

Thanks
Rivaaj

[Mark Pollack]

Hi Rivaaj,

I don't have any guidelines for patching the current release for 2.0. We will support 2.0 as its popularity and usage grows but it is not a priority right now. In as much as we have bandwidth and user requests we can make "easy" fixes to accommodate 2.0. Larger changes, such as using anonymous inner classes as callbacks for data access abstractions, or using other new language features, will be on hold until that functionality is made available in a 1.1 environment. We would all be grateful for any feedback you can give from your explorations.

Cheers,
Mark

[JasonGerard]

Larger changes, such as using anonymous inner classes as callbacks for data access abstractions, or using other new language features, will be on hold until that functionality is made available in a 1.1 environment.

Th lack of anon inner classes has made porting the data layer a major chore b/c Spring.Java uses this wonderful feature extensively.

[Mark Pollack]

Hiya Jason,

I agree. That is always the first thing that pops into mind. Lets chat offline about how we want to approach this in the context of the larger DAO development effort.

Cheers,
Mark