On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:49:39 -0800, Anaximandro (Woody) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Daniel, what dou you think about put constraints rules on some type of > >> > propertie file? These constraints must have some type of identification > (in > >> > one ore more contexts). This is flexible and make the code more clean > (and, > >> > like ejb, can be changed without the need to recompile the code). > >> I guess it would have been an alternative to use meta information tags > >> using @ in Javadocs as well. However, I understand that Daniel did all > >> this as a philosophical decision. > > more one javadoc tag? I dono, are you suggesting to use the own source > > code as a propertie file or generate another source like xdoclet does?
Not suggesting, just mentioning as an option. > >> Specifying everything in Java does > >> not require to learn any new language and makes debugging very easy. > > I dont't agree with debugging facilitie you told. Debug more code is > more > > hard than debug less code. Don't have to learn another language to use > > the library is a facilitie, I agree, but I´m not talking about another > language, > > I´m talking about another way, more easy and flexible, to do the same [snipping code samples] Well, this is another language, isn't it? Semantics are the same, but syntax is different and new. And even more verbose, right? > > > >> > Do you know OCL? > >> > >> I think it would be suitable for describing those contract > >> information, but wouldn't this require some sort of OCL parser and > >> then engine? Wouldn't this be out of scope for a simple tool like > >> this? > > > > I agree, make a OCL parser is out of THIS scope. In fact we don't need all > ideas in > > OCL but I think is a good start point to study right? Is there any OCL > parser > > implementation? No? Cool!!! Yes, OCL is a good example, I agree. I know there already are some OCL parsers, but I do not know if there are any that have a licence that would allow incorporation into contract. Oliver --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
