On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Jul 18, 2017, at 4:43 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schaible@bpm-inspire. > com> wrote: > > > > Hi Gary, > > > > Gary Gregory wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'd to have a new class called SortedProperties that extends > >> java.util.Properties. > >> > >> Should that go in [lang] or [collections]? > >> > >> I first thought [lang], but it _is_ a collection after all. > >> > >> Gary > > > > for me it's [collections]. [collections] is like [lang] also an > extension to > > the Java runtime, specialized for the collection/map/array stuff of > > java.util. Especially since we tried to strip [lang] down and have > already > > moved stuff now into more specialized components. > > I'm stuck in the in-between here with the following thought: HashTable > certainly feels like a collection of objects, but it clearly extends > Dictionary and isn't in the collections family. But we are in java.util > here and not in java.lang, so that feels more like it could be in > collections. Plus properties are essentially a map, despite they're being > implemented on top of hashtable. > You know what, after scanning the [lang] and [collections] code base, it really seems better in [collections]. I'd like to propose org.apache.commons.collections4.properties.SortedProperties. Gary > > -Rob > > > > > Cheers, > > Jörg > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
