Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 95228 invoked by uid 500); 27 Mar 2001 23:53:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 95219 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2001 23:53:31 -0000 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:53:34 -0500 From: Eric Siegerman To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Re: Ant q? about core Java task: why are members private? Message-ID: <20010327185334.F354@telepres.com> Mail-Followup-To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org References: <3.0.6.32.20010328091321.00eaadb0@alphalink.com.au> <3.0.6.32.20010328094305.00b088b0@alphalink.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20010328094305.00b088b0@alphalink.com.au>; from donaldp@apache.org on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:43:05AM +1000 Organization: Telepresence Systems Inc. X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:43:05AM +1000, Peter Donald wrote: > [...] in some cases sub-classing is desirable > (zip/war/ear tasks). I would prefer to keep everything as protected (unless > we provide accessors to them) and just place big warning signs. Why *not* provide accessors? -- | | /\ |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. erics@telepres.com | | / With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. - RFC 1925 (quoting an unnamed source)