Remove reference to javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter about joda-convert

[dlew]

A thought: if you're alright with it, we could port Android's Base64 over and use that (to minimize work of re-implementing base64 encoding). It's also licensed under Apache 2.0.

[jodastephen]

I'd be happy to see a pull request to replace the base64 use with a package scoped utility class. I don't want to add any dependencies on other projects however. Ideally, I'd like to have all the code in Joda-Convert under my own copyright for simplicity (which preludes simply porting code owned by someone else without their permission).

[dlew]

Excuse my ignorance, but what difficulties are introduced by using code from another copyright (but is open sourced)?

[jodastephen]

Those companies that examine projects look more deeply when there are multiple licenses involved - its not just Apache 2 that matters, but the copyright notices. It also prevents me from upgrading the code to a different license, say a future Apache 3. It would just be nicer to have a from-scratch implementation, but perhaps we have to start by copying code from Apache Commons.

[tomball]

Does the output have to be Base64? I can't find an output format specified anywhere. If it doesn't matter, would your org.joda.convert.factory.ByteObjectArrayStringConverterFactory work? It's not as compact a format, but already meets your authorship/license requirements.

[jodastephen]

I've implemented a Base64 encode/decode

[tomball]

Thanks! It helps iOS users, too:

$ j2objc -d /tmp/joda -classpath ~/.m2/repository/com/google/guava/guava/18.0/guava-18.0.jar -sourcepath src/main/java `find src/main/java -name *.java`
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/AbstractTypeStringConverter.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/AnnotationStringConverterFactory.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/EnumStringConverterFactory.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/factory/BooleanArrayStringConverterFactory.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/factory/BooleanObjectArrayStringConverterFactory.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/factory/ByteObjectArrayStringConverterFactory.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/factory/CharObjectArrayStringConverterFactory.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/factory/NumericArrayStringConverterFactory.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/factory/NumericObjectArrayStringConverterFactory.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/FromString.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/FromStringConverter.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/FromStringFactory.java
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translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/TypedAdapter.java
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translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/TypeStringConverter.java
translating src/main/java/org/joda/convert/TypeTokenStringConverter.java
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There are a few test failures, which are likely due to problems with j2objc's JRE emulation.

[advayDev1]

@jodastephen would it be possible to get an official release on Maven Central with this fix 962dd4c?

We are trying to get joda-convert easily usable in Gradle projects shared across Android and iOS, and this commit is currently the blocker:
https://travis-ci.org/j2objc-contrib/j2objc-common-libs-e2e-test/jobs/82347638

Thanks!

[brunobowden]

@jodastphen - Thanks for your work on this. Can I echo the request from @advayDev1 for an official release with the fix. This'll make it much easier to use it on iOS using Google's J2ObjC (Java to Objective-C translator).

[brunobowden]

Corrected name:

@jodastephen - Thanks for your work on this. Can I echo the request from @advayDev1 for an official release with the fix. This'll make it much easier to use it on iOS using Google's J2ObjC (Java to Objective-C translator).

[jodastephen]

v1.8 released

[brunobowden]

@jodastephen - thanks for the new release.

@advayDev1 - let's give this a whirl...