The Gemstone port

The origin of the code is VisualWorks and the target is Gemstone.

There are a number of possible approaches:

1. Using GemBuilder for Gemstone (GBS)
   • easy way to move code to Gemstone
   • but, since GBS is commercial, porting and maintaining should not depend on this
2. fileOut VW XML format
   • no XML reader available?
   • write an XML loader in Gemstone
   • nicely extensible with custom tags
3. fileOut30 ST80 chunk format
   • may load with Monticello?
   • looses namespace and pundle infos
4. fileOut GS Topaz input format
   • need to write a writer for this format
5. fileout Values
   • add transfer values
   • nicely extensible

1. write code from VW

apapt the code

• class renamings
• namespace treatment
• exclude, add or replace methods

2. read code in Gemstone

apapt the code

• class renamings
• namespace treatment
• exclude, add or replace methods