'.internal.' is used to denote packages containing types that are wholly the business of a particular module; whereas non-internal packages contain types that can be called from other modules (e.g. utilities) and are expected to be stable.
In OSGi speak, we will export all packages that are *not* marked '.internal.', and all packages that are marked as '.internal.' will not be exported. The naming convention is simply our convention to identify internal-APIs, it is not required by OSGi/Eclipse/... Regards, Tim Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > > > Oliver Deakin wrote: >> George Harley wrote: >>> Mikhail Loenko wrote: >>> Of course, the text module has only "implementation-independent tests >>> that designed to be run from classpath". For modules that have got >>> implementation-specific tests then I suppose we could use something >>> like "org.apache.harmony.[module].tests.impl.[package under test]" or >>> "org.apache.harmony.[module].tests.internal.[package under test]" >>> etc. I've got no preference. >> >> I think impl is preferable over internal here, as we already use >> internal in our implementation package names to indicate classes >> totally internal to that bundle. To also use internal to label tests >> that are implementation specific may cause confusion. > > I think the whole 'internal' thing is just awful IMO. (Man, it feels > good to stay that...) > > Why do we need it? Eclipse? OSGi? > > Isn't it pre-supposing a packaging system in the source code structur? > (one that I think is pretty unnatural for java programmers....) > > I'm 100% behind offering the Harmony classlibs packaged for OSGi, but > I'm 100% against assuming it's the only way to go... > > geir > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
