[xml-in] and [xml-out] ?
Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 04:20 > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [xmlio] Naming > > Please see the commons charter on naming. Paraphrasing it says that "names > should be boring and functional, not clever". jazz is clever ;-( The > reasoning is to remove one more barrier to adopting the component. (Note > that not every commons component follows the rule, betwixt being a good > example) > > maybe [sax] for input? (commons-sax) > or [fromsax] - (commons-fromsax) > maybe [toxml] for output? (commons-toxml) > or [tosax]? (commons-tosax) > > It depends on whether you want to scope/limit yourself to just sax. > > Should you split? It depends on whether people who use one half are likely > to use the other really. > > Stephen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Florey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > After doing the xmlio google thing I agree that this name is really used > in > > so many projects that it would be worth to find another one even if I > like > > it. > > As 'xmlio' consists of two parts (importer / exporter) I would recommend > > separating them into two tiny components in order to increase > reusability. > > My favourite name for the importer (sax augmentation) would be 'jazz'. > As > > you need a sax to play jazz... (Or is it 'just augmented super sax'??) > > The exporter could be simply called XMLWriter as this is what it does. > > > > Finally I'd like to say that I don't think Digester and xmlio are direct > > competitors as they are very different: xmlio is a simple sax extension > but > > has nothing to do with mapping xml to java objects. > > So I don't think we get trouble here. > > > > Regards, > > Daniel > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
