> > from: Victor Volle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Do we need Clazz at all? > > What is the difference between Clazz (Bean) and MetaClass? > > What is Clazz (Bean) responsible for? > > In the JDK the parallel is Class vs Object. In [beanutils] the parallel is > DynaClass vs DynaBean. Its the instantiated object. Thus Class or Clazz is > a bad name for it. Object, Instance or Bean are better names.
But what is the Instance responsible for? With DynaBeans I understand that but in this context I still do not understand, what "Instance" is responsible for or what the use cases are. > > Summary: > > ============================ > > MetaClass, MetaField, MetaOperation > > ??? Field, Operation > > Attribute > > ============================ > > Problem with Field is that it is the same as reflection. I really want to > avoid that as it will make the API much more complex to use (needing to > qualify class names) Oh, agreed. But then it should be (Meta)Attribute and we need to find some better name for the MetaData stuff. Just brainstorming: aspect, dimension, extension, domain, ... Victor -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
