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Subject: RE: General question regarding dependencies
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 09:27:45 -0400
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Thread-Topic: General question regarding dependencies
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From: "Alan D. Cabrera" <adc@toolazydogs.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:mcconnell@apache.org]
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alex Karasulu [mailto:aok123@bellsouth.net]
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Guys I have a single class that a (maven) project depends on in
> commons-
> > lang.  Generally I use commons-lang all over the place and think its
> > great.  But what do I do if I only depend on ValuedEnum to have type
> safe
> > enumerations?
> >
> > Should I just copy the class like many commons projects do
(referring
> to
> > the what digester did with a particular collections class from
> commons-
> > collections)?  Or should I just keep the dependency?  I don't mind
the
> > dependency especially when where i use this project's artifact
usually
> > includes commons-lang.
>=20
> IMO - If the class is used in a bootstrap scenario (i.e. you want to
> keep thing a small as possible and minimize deps - then copy the class
> (under a directory package name).  Otherwise maintain the dependency
> reference.

+1

I think I know where this enum is used and it's really an internal
class.  IMHO, its dependency on commons-lang should be removed.


Regards,
Alan