Hi Robert,
I am not a huge fan of name changes, quite the contrary, but this
particular change would be beneficial to new and old users
alike. Naming Rule as Action would make the documentation as well as
the code clearer. Just my unsolicited 2 cents.
At 18:09 14.05.2002 +0100, robert burrell d
hi ceki
digester has grown rather than been designed and poor naming is one of the
consequences.
the concepts behind them are very clear (once you understand them) but as
digester has grown, the word 'rule' has probably become rather over-used.
'Rules' implementations are really 'Rule' patter
Am I the only one that finds the disctinction between Rule, Rules and
RuleSet confusing?
Isn't a Rule really an Action? Wouldn't it be better to name Rule as
Action such that a Rule becomes the association of a pattern and an
Action? One would then write Digester.addRule(String pattern, Action
