[platform-vcm-dev] Re: platform-vcm-dev digest, Vol 1 #93 - 1 msg

["Levi Cook" <levicook@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bernhard -

I've been considering the same task. The approach I've chosen is :
   a) create a simple, stand-alone, native API for SourceSafe (I'm calling
it vss4j..)
   b) implement the eclipse "team" interface on top of vss4j. (??
vss4eclipse ??)

I have a good start on implementing vss4j. Here's a brief status :
   - A decent chunk of functional code is in place
   - It needs more generalization to become an API
   - It integrates *natively with SourceSafe through COM

As for point b), I've only briefly reviewed the requirements for
impelementing the team API. It seems like it will be fairly straighforward,
but I've decided to wait for it to stabilize before really digging in.

I plan to open-source my work if there is enough interest in using it. If
you're interested in collaborating, I could set up a sourceforge account and
drop the code there. (ie. vss4j.sourceforge.net)

Regards,
Levi Cook
levicook@xxxxxxxxxx

* The only "native" integration for working with SourceSafe appears to be
through its COM interface. Luckily, vss4j has been able to avoid a bunch of
hairy JNI code by using another open source product called "jawin".

@see http://staff.develop.com/halloway/code/jawin.html




> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 16:43:42 +0200
> From: "Bernhard Messerer" <bmesserer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <platform-vcm-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [platform-vcm-dev] Visual SourceSafe Integration
> Reply-To: platform-vcm-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hello all!
>
> I have a rather short question: We are planning a Microsoft VSS =
> integration for Eclipse 2.0 (not command line, this is very slow, as =
> experienced with other IDE-VSS cmd integrations) but have the problem of =
> not knowing where to start.
> The main VCM page doesn't say much about the "team" extension yet, and =
> the team plugins themselves are not in API status yet. So I'm asking =
> whether the team team could provide us with some info regarding the =
> current state (as the page says "we want to hear from you" ;-) of the =
> team API, how stable it is and where we can find some resources for a =
> jump start.
>
> Hope to hear from you!
>
> kind regards,
>
> Bernhard Messerer
>
>
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