It is 1-1 no? So pick the most std one (priority) Le 28 déc. 2014 15:48, "John D. Ament" <[email protected]> a écrit :
> On Sun Dec 28 2014 at 9:40:09 AM Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We should get a common understanding which of those 2 different > approaches > > we should take. > > My main concern is that it should be clear as glass for the user what he > > gets. > > > > What has a higher priority? 1, 2, or 3 ? > > Imo the highes priority is always 1. But then it's really hard to add a > > more important priority. > > > > When building a property provider, you specify that the priority order is > either asc or desc at the provider level. > > > > > > We've discussed this to some extent in OpenWebBeans where I first > > implemented this mechanism in 2009 (see PropertyLoader). And back then we > > decided to not use 'priority' but 'ordinal'. Because the higher the > ordinal > > (math) the more important something is. > > That way it is really easy to add a ConfigSource which is 'even more > > important' and thus tweak the effective configuration. > > > > What do others think about those 2 approaches? > > > > > You have to remember that at times, you need to explain some of this stuff > to people who aren't mathematicians. Even techies can glaze over when you > say ordinal. Would be better to use more common speech terms like > priority. > > > > > > LieGrue, > > strub > > >
