I wouldn't call that a standard. I disagree that restyling is rude, particularly when the original author might not still be the primary contributor to the class, or even a contributor at all. Also, it's easy enough to use Jalop, IntelliJ, or whatever to restyle code back to how you like it.
| -----Original Message----- | From: Henri Yandell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:14 PM | To: Jakarta Commons Developers List | Subject: RE: [collections] XxxUtils inner classes | | | | Yep. Standard is: | | Match the style of the source, unless it's expressly stated in the Sun | coding standard. | | | Restyling source is rude :) | | Hen | | On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, SPRINGER,IAN (HP-NewJersey,ex1) wrote: | | > I agree there are two camps. A decent way to compromise is | to use explicit | > imports unless there are n or more imports from a | particular package. | > | > I think more important than which style is used, is that | the same style is | > used consistently across a project. Doesn't Apache have any | standard defined | > for this? | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: Alex Chaffee / Purple Technology [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:06 PM | > | To: Shapira, Yoav | > | Cc: Jakarta Commons Developers List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Subject: Re: [collections] XxxUtils inner classes | > | | > | | > | On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 03:10:51PM -0500, Shapira, Yoav wrote: | > | > | > | > Howdy, | > | > | > | > >import org.apache.commons.collections.* good. | > | > | > | > Import org.apache.commons.collections.[onlyTheClassYouNeed] | > | is good. | > | > | > | > Import .* is annoying and all the jakarta projects should | > | have import | > | > cleanups as part of their build.xml IMHO. | > | | > | Oh, God, not this debate again. | > | | > | Look, there are two camps here, and I'm in the * camp and | you're in | > | the explicit-import camp. There's no need to structure | things so that | > | one camp is going to be angry, even if you don't agree with their | > | reasons for being angry. Organizing classes by maximal cohesion | > | should satisfy everyone. | > | | > | (If you like, I'd be happy to debate with you *off-list* | and show you | > | the error of your anal ways :-)) | > | | > | -- | > | Alex Chaffee mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Purple Technology - Code and Consulting http://www.purpletech.com/ > | jGuru - Java News and FAQs http://www.jguru.com/alex/ > | Gamelan - the Original Java site http://www.gamelan.com/ > | Stinky - Art and Angst http://www.stinky.com/ > | > | --------------------------------------------------------------------- > | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
