Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 4450 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2003 21:39:50 -0000 Received: from exchange.sun.com (192.18.33.10) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 17 Jun 2003 21:39:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 26599 invoked by uid 97); 17 Jun 2003 21:42:13 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-commons-dev@nagoya.betaversion.org Received: (qmail 26592 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2003 21:42:13 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by nagoya.betaversion.org with SMTP; 17 Jun 2003 21:42:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 3516 invoked by uid 500); 17 Jun 2003 21:39:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 3404 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2003 21:39:40 -0000 Received: from mx0.gmx.net (213.165.64.100) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 17 Jun 2003 21:39:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 8375 invoked by uid 0); 17 Jun 2003 21:39:44 -0000 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:39:44 +0200 (MEST) From: victor.volle@gmxpro.net To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Cc: commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Subject: Re: [Clazz] names of classes X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated-Sender: #0004067401@gmx.net X-Authenticated-IP: [213.23.33.129] Message-ID: <23965.1055885984@www28.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N > >I do not like the names of ~Support classes. ~Support or ~Helper indicate > >(for me) > >that these are Helper classes with (often static) utility functions. In > the > >Java API I think > >I have found the usage of Abstract~ or Base~ much more often for classes > > You've missed an important difference between Helper classes and > Base/Abstract classes. Helper classes allow composition/reuse outside of > a > class hierarchy. Abstract class' methods can only be used by subclasses. > Thanks for expressing that much better than I could. So the ~Suppport classes _are_ Base/Abstract classes, since they are abstract and only used by subclassing in Clazz, aren't they? Victor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commons-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org