On 4/4/02 3:07 AM, "Christoph Reck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote:
>> 
>> On 4/3/02 12:46 PM, "Jon Scott Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> on 4/3/02 1:10 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>              tools/src/java/org/apache/velocity/tools/tools DateTool.java
>>>>                       MathTool.java ParameterParser.java ToolLoader.java
>>>>                       package.html
>>> 
>>> Why is it that these fiels are in a tools/tools directory?
>>> 
>> 
>> Tools is the subpackage that holds all for the -tools project.
> 
> yuk!?
> .../tools/tools/*Tool.java
> 
> In the commons sandbox the *Utils and *Tools was discussed and
> the java.util.* approach was taken where the radix is just postfixed
> with a plural - like java.util.Arrays, java.util.Collections,
> Something like DateUtils became Dates, XmlUtils -> XmlStrings,
> MathUtils -> Numbers or just Math (which has no plural form).

Why is the plural of 'XMLUtil' -> XMLStrings ?  And why did XML get demoted
to Xml?
 
> How about such an approach?

You think there will be enough tools for each bucket?  I am afraid there
will be single-class packages, or when that wants to be avoided, things
misplaced...

One solution is to have

  o.a.v.tools.components/<here is where tools live...>

If the name is so offensive...


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Geir Magnusson Jr.                                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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