At 09:39  10/4/01 -0400, Berin Loritsch wrote:
>> >init() throws InitializationException
>> 
>> how about initialize() throws InitializationException ? ;)
>
>:)  I know you proposed this before.  Our previous decision
>was to keep it init() because of the familiarity of it.  However,
>looking at the grammatical patterns of Avalon, it would be more
>consistent to use initialize().
>
>You have my +1 for initialize() if for no other reason than
>consistency of the API.  

wow - dogged persistency pays off ... the fifth time I prospose it looks
like it could get through ;)

>What constitutes a RuntimeException in your mind?  For things
>that MUST succeed or fail hard, we need explicit exceptions.  That
>would include Contextualizable, Disposable, Initializable,
>Composer (Composable?).

I like Composable ... anyone else ??

>BTW, I propose that we merge Suspendable and Resumable.  It doesn't
>make sence to have one without the other.  All that means is that
>the interfaces do not declare explicit classes, but may throw Runtime
>Exceptions.

kewl - what name do you propose?

Cheers,

Pete

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