Well I'm not a MINA committer but I would keep the "Filter" naming. Like Emanuell said, its a well known "pattern".
Bye, Norman 2009/11/26 Julien Vermillard <jvermill...@archean.fr>: > Le Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:55:57 +0530, > Ashish <paliwalash...@gmail.com> a écrit : > >> Have started looking into the FilterChain implementation and here are >> some initial thoughts >> >> 1. Rename IoFilterChain as IoChannel - it gives a more clear picture >> and is easy to understand like imagine as a Channel with multiple >> stages aka IoFilters. >> This came while I was drawing on paper to design something. > > > I propose IoPipe/IoPipeline, because for me a bunch of filter stacked on > each other is a Pipe in the Unix meaning. > > >> >> 2. Have captured a couple of API's that are core to IoChannel >> >> IoSession getSession(); >> >> IoFilter getHead(); >> >> IoFilter getNextFilter(IoFilter currentFilter); >> >> List<IoFilter> getAll(); >> >> void addFilter(String name, IoFilter filter); >> >> void addAfter(String baseName, String filterName, >> IoFilter filter); >> >> void removeFilter(String filterName); >> >> There are a lot more API's in current implementation. I am not sure if >> we need replace API or not. >> Also do we need the Generics version of these API's or its fine >> without them? >> >> This is just the initial list. Will checkin the files once the name >> change is OK with everyone. >> >
