On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Matthew Swift <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Emmanuel > >> Also those names are not the final ones. The idea is to discuss about >> the exact names we will use. For instance, DN is not necessarily the >> most common form. Many APIs or implementations are using LdapDn or >> LdapDN. Assuming that the Java naming convention requires that the first >> letter only to be upcased, one can think that Dn or Rdn is a better name. >> > > > I think that this convention applies to words in Java names, and not > necessarily abbreviations such as DN. In fact a cursory look through the > JDK6/J2EE6 APIs will reveal that there is definitely no convention! Take a > look at javax.xml.* where they seem to mix XML/Xml and HTTP/Http and various > other well known abbreviations with gay abandon :-) > > My personal preference and our convention here has been to use uppercase for > abbreviations, but I don't feel so strongly to let such a detail get in the > way of progress. > > I think that the most important things to focus on are to make the SDK easy > to learn and easy to use and that means keeping it small, clean, and > consistent.
Totally agree. As soon as we have a convenient naming that mostly fits everyone (religoious war appart), let's move on. I just have preferences, which may just be bad taste anyways... -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
