S T A T U S
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$Id: STATUS,v 1.8 2003/06/28 05:09:27 nbubna Exp $


Known Issues/Bugs:
    - Nothing of note! :)



Documentation:
   - get docs up on jakarta public site
   - Complete user guide.
   - Document RenderTool, ViewRenderTool, IteratorTool, AbstractSearchTool
   - Create a developer's guide.
   - Update plan for Velocimacro libraries



Proposed Features/Upgrades:
    General:
        - convert project to use Maven
        
    VelocityView:
        - add a library of general velocimacros
        - Convert XMLToolboxManager to use commons' Digester
        - Switch to non-singleton mode of Velocity to allow different
          instances/configurations of VVS in the same classloader/application/JVM
        - Pluggable toolbox manager in VelocityViewServlet
        - Tool pooling support (use commons-pool probably)
        - add an ImportTool? (actually might fit under generic tools)
        - add CookieTool

    Generic tools:
        - add a library of velocimacros for use with these tools
        - Template debugging tool(s)/support

    VelocityStruts:
        - add a library of velocimacros for use with struts tools
          (ideally these would be roughly parallel to struts tags to ease transition)
        - Struts 1.1 Support:
            - ActionMessages
                - add getActionMessages() to StrutsUtils
                - move ActionMessagesTool from whiteboard/nathan to main
            - Validator
                - tool to access javascripts?
                - integration with FormTool/MessagesTool?
            - Tiles?
            - Modules (sub-apps)
            - multiple config files
            - multiple message resources
            - etc.



Examples:
   - Create a blank Velocity-Struts application as the starting point
     for development.
   - Create a simple Velocity-Struts application to demonstrate use
     of VelocityLayoutServlet (and other new features like the search tool)
   - Create a Struts 1.1 example. Take one of the existing Struts 1.1
     examples and replace the view layer with Velocity.
   - Create example app(s) that demonstrate the use of other new features.
     (a macro-library example would be a good one to start with.)