I see, no problem. That can be also solved with documentation specifical on
what can be configured and what the defaults are I think. The default
values could be also documented in Javadoc (I know, I don't use that very
much too).


On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Mauro Talevi <mauro.tal...@aquilonia.org>wrote:

> It's a design philosophy ... with its pros and cons.   The risk of
> creating a uber class is that you loose touch of what configuration is
> relevant to what component.
>
> But in fact, the Configuration class allows you access to all the
> different bits, the Controls, the Builders etc ... so that should be your
> starting point.
>
>
> On 19/05/2014 12:45, Hans Schwäbli wrote:
>
>> It seems a bit difficult to me to see which preferences can be set and
>> what the defaults are.
>> For example where is a class EmbedderControls which contains some of the
>> preferences and defaults.
>> There are more preferences like in ParameterControls,
>> StoryReporterBuilder and other classes.
>> What about putting them into a dedicated preferences class(es)? It would
>> self document what preferences can be configured and it would be easier to
>> find them.
>> I am thinking about a class similiar like this:
>> http://download.eclipse.org/technology/swtbot/helios/dev-
>> build/apidocs/org/eclipse/swtbot/swt/finder/utils/SWTBotPreferences.html
>> Maybe it could be several classes in the same preferences package
>> containing all meaningful preferences to be set. The source could be a
>> property file (like partly in IBM RFT) where the user could see them all in
>> a central place and change them if he wishes.
>> Maybe it is not a good idea, I don't know. I just have the impression
>> that the preferences are a bit hard to find and spread across many places.
>>
>
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