Hi,
On 4/15/06, Greg Kick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have a quick question about node type definitions. jackrabbit
> consistently (NodeTypeWriter, custom_nodetypes.xml, etc.) uses
> name="*" for residual definitions in the xml format. however, p. 144
> of the jsr170 spec says that * is not a valid name and the attribute
> should be dropped for residual definitions. so the question is
> whether it was used on purpose in jackrabbit or if this is a
> mistake. i haven't looked at the code much, but it seems like it
> would actually be harder to implement with the * than without...
> anyway, a little insight would be appreciated because googleing the
> archives gave me nothing.
It is arguable whether name="*" or no name attribute is clearer, but
both are valid solutions as there is no fear of collision between "*"
and any valid property name. I suppose the main reasons for using "*"
is that 1) the JCR specification uses "*" as the "name" of residual
definitions, and that 2) the Jackrabbit internals use the
ItemDef.ANY_NAME constant (defined as: new QName("", "*")) to identify
residual definitions.
BR,
Jukka Zitting
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