> personally, i'm getting kinda confused as to why people would need > duplicate class files in the same build tree. Refactoring and XP > tends to lean towards "OnceAndOnlyOnce", and i've reached the point > of applying that at the file level as much as at the method level. > If multiple packages need some of the same utilities, i refactor > the utility stuff into its own build tree and have the other builds > reference it either by a classpath ref or by copying a "dist" jar > file into the classpath.
Makes sense to me, especially since I adopted an editor (IDEA from Intellij) that makes refactoring cheap and immune to dumb errors. There may be others that are free. Bill. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
