I'm +1 for removing placeholder models.
I also think that models usually shouldn't have setter/getter methods as 
it adds code and the tools that use the models can generally set/get 
using Xpath.

Steven M. Ottens wrote:
> In general I'm not in favor of shipping empty models that are merely  
> placeholders for future models to come. On the other hand if there  
> are no placeholders, people will never know that these models are  
> there to be expanded. So if we keep them, we need to make clear that  
> they need work and preferably what this work is. This would make it  
> easy for new developers to extent mapbuilder since it's clear what  
> tasks there are.
> So I do have a favor of moving them, but keeping them together with  
> some extra information what their purpose should be and what needs to  
> be added is fine by me as well.
>
> STeven
>
> On Jul 23, 2007, at 9:58 PM, Mike Adair wrote:
>
>   
>> In going through these, there are a few empty model objects, where  
>> it is
>> planned (or hoped) that they will eventually be filled out with
>> getter/setter methods appropriate to that document type.  Yes, they  
>> can
>> be replaced by the generic Model object, but I'll suggest these can be
>> kept for future development.  However I'm open to other ideas.   
>> Comments?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Steven M. Ottens wrote:
>>     
>>> On Jul 23, 2007, at 7:58 PM, Gertjan van Oosten wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> As quoted from Steven M. Ottens:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Being archived:
>>>>> /lib/model/Transaction.js MAP-261
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> You're kidding, right?  That one is definitely being used, even by
>>>> the wfs-t
>>>> demo!
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Actually I wasn't, I'm a serious guy you know ;)
>>> Anyway, it's rather odd to have an empty model, one can use Model.js
>>> for empty models. But I'm fine with letting it stay, the whole point
>>> of this list was to make sure all my big errors were spotted before I
>>> commenced them :)
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>>> As said before, this list isn't definitive, please comment on  
>>>>> them in
>>>>> one of the (sub)subtasks of http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MAP-259
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Done (MAP-280).
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
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