David Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, mappers should be used for path modification. I make the > distinction because they should be applicable to a variety of > sources (file system, ftp, http, zip, etc.).
Well, they already do - the map from String to String[]. > On 27 Mar 2001 10:42:06 +0200, Stefan Bodewig wrote: >>> * Make all datatypes interfaces to allow them to be customized in >>> * many ways. >> >>Where appropriate, but not all of them. > > Which ones do you not like? The wrong question IMHO. Which datatypes would benefit from being interfaces? I see no real reason in the case of <path> for example, while I might see it in the <fileset> case. >>> * Homogenize notion of PATHs and filesets. >> >>Doesn't always make sense, we need the specific use cases where >>paths and filesets are interchangeable. >> > When are they not? When order is important - like Conor and Glenn have already said. A path is ordered, a fileset is not. Stefan
