: Lucene has historically taken the exact opposite approach... open up the API : as needed. Unless there is very good reason for it, classes and data should : be kept private.
Just to clarify the reasoning behind this: once something is made public, the API has to be supported in perpetuity -- even if no one outside of the core is using it, because we don't *know* if anyone is using it. when things are private or package protected, committers have a lot more leway to commit changes that alter the API if it means better performacne, or easier long term maintence. -Hoss --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
