DSM is a mature product. That means it is well tested and actively used, but there are a lot of issues with the age of the code. Things in it are written in ways we wouldn't recommend now.

First steps

• Separate existing code base into core + extensions. Done
• New package name: au.edu.educationau.opensource.dsm. Done

Future directions

• Code cleanup (needs lots of it!)
• Use generics
• Replace HashTables with Maps
• Replace Vectors with Collections (or Iterators..)
• Add javascript-based dynamic search 'widget'
• Spring IOC configuration
• Spring ApplicationContext
• Replace use of weird things like "Flog" logging with log4j (started)
• Replace home-brewed thread pool with the JDK one.
• Generic SearchAdapter using configurable QueryGenerator and ContentHandler
• Autoconfig of OpenSearch endpoint