Re: Random String Generator

[Ralph Daugherty <rdjfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen wrote:
> Ralph Daugherty skrev:
> >     nope, wasn't discussing technically, just giving OP a status update 
> > on what I had said I would look into.
> >
> >     I am pulling class source codes, yes.
> >   
> Why not just put the batik jars on the classpath and put your stuff on top?
>
> Avoiding too many dependencies?
> /THorbjørn

   The class I started out with was from a midlevel Apache web package 
(org.apache.myfaces...) which after all is the whole point of a CAPTCHA. 
:) However my goal is a set of calls to return a CAPTCHA via bytestream 
or to a file to be available to be merged with output rather than being 
called in the JSF code, in other words a generic external source of a 
CAPTCHA.

   I also just want it to be a standalone jar focused on generating 
text images, a functioning app callable from RPG without a huge (or 
actually any) dependency on many, many other jars that a full Apache 
Batik product would require.

   It's not like we have many choices, as far as I was able to 
determine only Batik and JAI, which has more caveats mentioned with it 
than you can shake a stick at.

   It'll be fine, not too many more layers I think. I might even have 
caught some code generating a pixel, but could be delusionally wishful 
thinking.

 rd