Re: [configuration] Interface vs class

2008-10-31 Thread James Carman
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Jörg Schaible [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ralph, Ralph Goers wrote: FWIW, I agree. I must have missed the earlier discussion as well. I definitely prefer having an interface that can be used whenever a specific implementation is not required. The original

RE: [configuration] Interface vs class

2008-10-31 Thread Mario Ivankovits
Hi! Look through the archives, the discussion with pros and cons went on promoting commons-proxy. Yes they did! I remember it well and I hated using a class rather than an interface. However, I can see the merit in the decision when it comes to maintenance and backward compatibility.

POI and CSV import utility

2008-10-31 Thread David Durham, Jr.
I emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see if there was interest in including some of my classes in their project. See the link below: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/poi-dev/200810.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Nick mentioned that commons might be a better home for this. I'm fine with continuing to

Re: [configuration] Interface vs class

2008-10-31 Thread Samuel Le Berrigaud
Hi, I have not been in the conversations before, but I am also a proponent of using interfaces. One way to enable extensions for those interfaces would be to use the capability pattern (similar to what is described here: http://java.dzone.com/news/the-capability-pattern-future- ). There could be