> from: Victor Volle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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.
It performs the same role as the DynaBean class. It allows a wrapper to classes of various types to be created, and used to access the data. Thus from a 'Bean' you have methods such as getMetaBean, getFieldMap and getOperationList. > > 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, ... But why not use 'Property' then the name clash doesn't arise? Stephen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
