MinaByteBuffer is not really making muxch sense here. We move from IoSession to IOSession and choose to use Mina in place of MINA ?
Julien On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:56:50 +0200 "Emmanuel Lecharny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MinaByteBuffer would fit me. I don't like OctetBuffer too much, even > if I'm french. What if M$ sudddenly decide that an Octet is 9 bits (8 > bits for the data, plus 1 bit as a M$ tax to pay M$ fin to the EU ?:) > > On 9/18/07, Niklas Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Trustin Lee wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > It is often confusing to discriminate MINA ByteBuffer and NIO > > > ByteBuffer. Do we need renaming? I didn't have much difficulties > > > actually because most Java code doesn't use both types at the same > > > time. > > > > > > There was an opinion about renaming it to MinaByteBuffer, but I > > > don't think it's the best name available for us. I think > > > DataBuffer, ExtendedByteBuffer, ExtendedBuffer or just Buffer > > > might also be a candidate. There's Buffer in NIO, too, but > > > nobody uses that class directly. > > > > > > I'd like to find the best name; short and not confusing one. > > > Please don't hesitate to respond to this message with your idea > > > so we can find out the best alternative. > > > > > > Trustin > > > > > Since MINA's ByteBuffer doesn't inherit from java.nio.ByteBuffer I > > think the names ending in ByteBuffer (especially > > ExtendedByteBuffer) could be confusing. I think I prefer just > > calling it Buffer. > > > > Or maybe OctetBuffer? According to Wikipedia > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_%28computing%29): > > > > "Octet, with the only exception noted below, always refers to an > > entity having exactly eight bits. As such, it is often used where > > the term byte might be ambiguous. For that reason, computer > > networking standards almost exclusively use octet." > > > > Also > > > > "In France, French Canada and Romania, the word octet usually means > > byte" > > > > This would make all the French and Romainian MINA users happy! :-) > > > > -- > > Niklas Therning > > www.spamdrain.net > > > > > >
