Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-abdera-dev-archive@locus.apache.org Received: (qmail 73308 invoked from network); 22 Jun 2006 22:59:41 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 22 Jun 2006 22:59:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 33921 invoked by uid 500); 22 Jun 2006 22:59:41 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-abdera-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 33895 invoked by uid 500); 22 Jun 2006 22:59:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact abdera-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: abdera-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list abdera-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 33886 invoked by uid 99); 22 Jun 2006 22:59:40 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:40 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of jasnell@gmail.com designates 64.233.166.178 as permitted sender) Received: from [64.233.166.178] (HELO py-out-1112.google.com) (64.233.166.178) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:39 -0700 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f28so464025pyf for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:18 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pEvHd2ef1JXfVJT/5IDouWfW+5he8rN4Z3RncUiWohDScxQuW/WpgNIBS7lMuiD950AfPhuNUhIwa6E7xvFWy1GdZbq8Fk9Kd2KhbtsculG3ThdXehxD4JFaAeLYmEyEjlHQ717/Kauk0mlJ4UZmOebh8MLV/b4WeNXuloMv2m0= Received: by 10.35.51.13 with SMTP id d13mr1599999pyk; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.104? ( [67.181.218.96]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id n62sm1413989pyf.2006.06.22.15.59.18; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <449B20C4.1070703@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:16 -0700 From: James M Snell User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: abdera-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: API Refactoring References: <449B09B3.3070300@gmail.com> <449B0D51.2050305@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Yeah, I realized what you'd meant after I stepped out for a bit. :-) Stephen Duncan wrote: > Well, not literally, I suppose. But I mean that there are several > methods with the same name, one that takes in only the content, and > the rest that take content & a MIME type. I prefer the "extra" > parameter to come after the common one. That's what I meant. > > -Stephen > > On 6/22/06, James M Snell wrote: >> For the methods that accept MimeType, it is not optional. That is, if >> @type is not "text", "html" or "xhtml", a mime type MUST be specified. >> >> - James >> >> Stephen Duncan wrote: >> > Seems like the MimeType should be the second parameter, not the first. >> > At least, that's my preferred style; optional parameters are tacked >> > on after, required ones... >> > >> > - Stephen >> > >> > >