For what it's worth, I've always used ~Support to indicate a class that is used via delegation to fulfill the contract of an interface.
e.g. interface XxxInterface { public void a(); } abstract class AbstractXxx implements XxxInterface { public void a() { ...; } } class XxxSupport // may extend AbstractXxx { public void a() { ...; } } then you can do class MyClass extends AbstractXxx { ... } or class MyClass implements XxxInterface { private XxxSupport support = new XxxSupport(); public void a() { support.a(); } } This is in the spirit of java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport. michael On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, David Graham wrote: > > > >I do not like the names of ~Support classes. ~Support or ~Helper > >indicate > > > >(for me) > > > >that these are Helper classes with (often static) utility functions. In > > > the > > > >Java API I think > > > >I have found the usage of Abstract~ or Base~ much more often for > >classes > > > > > > You've missed an important difference between Helper classes and > > > Base/Abstract classes. Helper classes allow composition/reuse outside > >of > > > a > > > class hierarchy. Abstract class' methods can only be used by > >subclasses. > > > > > > >Thanks for expressing that much better than I could. So the ~Suppport > >classes > >_are_ Base/Abstract classes, since they are abstract and only used by > >subclassing in Clazz, aren't they? > > I don't work on, nor use the Clazz package so I don't know the details. I > was making a statement about OOP design in general. If the Clazz classes > you're referring to are, in fact, abstract classes used in a class > hierarchy, they should be named Abstract* or Base* to follow widely used > Java naming conventions. > > David > > > > >Victor > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]