[UA-discuss] A question to Java experts

[Marc Blanchet]

On 2 Dec 2020, at 15:50, Mark Datysgeld wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am seeking input from the community as we start to wrap up our 
> investigation on open-source software in Java and Python.

can you tell me what you are investigating? what is your goal? what are 
you looking for?

That would help me understand and then better answer your questions.

Marc.

> I am copying John L and Marc B, as I am aware they might have ideas on 
> this matter, but this is a call to all experts.
>
> Question:
>
> When we consider libraries *directly* related to UA within the Java 
> context, is it correct to say that these are the most relevant ones?
>
> *icu4j, commons-validator, ***libidn (deprecated, for older software 
> only)
> **
>
> Here we exclude considerations such as whether a popular set of 
> libraries like Guava can handle IDNs (which I think is usually handled 
> by the InternetDomainName class, which needs a ToASCII transformation 
> before it can process them properly. Marc B's tests show 14 working 
> test cases out of 18, but I dunno what under configuration).
>
> If those are not the only very relevant libraries, what others should 
> be considered?

>
> Best regards,
>
>
> -- 
> Mark W. Datysgeld from Governance Primer [www.markwd.website]
> ICANN GNSO Councilor