On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Dmitri Plotnikov wrote:
> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:24:58 -0800 (PST) > From: Dmitri Plotnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [clazz] Some code to consider > > Stephen, > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > from: Victor Volle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > It may be better to use Clazz and MetaClazz however. We should > > probably > > > > name either: > > > > a) following reflection: > > > > MetaClass/MetaField/MetaMethod > > > > AClass/AField/AMethod > > > > > > > > b) create out own names: > > > > MetaClazz/MetaProperty/MetaOperation > > > > Clazz/Property/Operation > > > > > > > > (a) might initially make more sense, but is a method bound to a > > specific > > > > object (a delegate) something that should be named AMethod? > > Operation > > > seems > > > > a better name. Similarly for Field vs Property. > > > > > > 1 Operation (because an operation me be abstract a method > > generally not) > +1 > > > > 1 Field > > > > Field is a problem because it clashes with java.lang.reflect.Field. > > It can't be Attribute, as thats the metadata, thus Property. > > I would still keep Attribute on the list. After all, that's the word > used in UML, MOF, XMI and many other places. We can come up with a > different word for the additional metadata. Like MetaData. > For what it's worth, JMX also uses the term Attribute for this concept (and "Operation" for methods). > > > BTW: in XMI operations and fields are subsumed under the name > > "feature". > "Feature" is also used the same way by java.beans > > <snip/> > > > > > > 4. What about inner classes? > > > > Do we care? > > > Probably not. But can we then have a > > > MetaModelFactory to plug in my own implementations for > > > MetaClass and so on. (I would need it for my code generator) > > > > We will need various pluggable factories. I haven't started to think > > about them yet. > Check out the code I submitted to this thread. Does it make sense? > > <snip/> > > - Dmitri > Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
