Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 40711 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2005 09:37:32 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 11 Jan 2005 09:37:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 87063 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jan 2005 09:37:29 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 87037 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jan 2005 09:37:29 -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 87024 invoked by uid 99); 11 Jan 2005 09:37:28 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: domain of mario@ops.co.at designates 194.152.182.4 as permitted sender) Received: from ops004.ops.co.at (HELO smtp.ops.co.at) (194.152.182.4) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:37:27 -0800 Received: by smtp.ops.co.at (Postfix, from userid 65534) id CB78E23C0AC; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:37:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from [172.27.6.8] (spice.int.ops.co.at [172.27.6.8]) by smtp.ops.co.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1055923C0AB for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:37:21 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <41E39E51.2070104@ops.co.at> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:37:21 +0100 From: Mario Ivankovits User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: Re: [vfs] LocalFile package-protected and final: why? References: <41E302C6.6020601@simdesk.com> In-Reply-To: <41E302C6.6020601@simdesk.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on smtp.ops.co.at X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.2 required=7.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RATWR10_MESSID autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Brian Oxley wrote: > Why is org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.local.LocalFile > package-protected and final? I'd like to extend it in a provider with > a very LocalFile-like FileObject and FileName. Dont know the reason of the original authors, but I think they wanted to create a safe and clean object structure. Before I decide to make it public (and non final) could you please explain in short what you try to do? Thanks! --- Mario --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commons-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org