Russell,

Thanks for the explanation! I don't think it's appropriate to challenge the
JAX-RPC javadocs for such a triviality - especially as QName might perform
a bit better being final.

Glyn


                                                                                       
                                              
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I can explain this one easily enough, Glyn.  JAX-RPC's javadocs and
jaxrpc-APIs.jar show QName as a final class.  So we made it final in our
version.

We can always fight this if you think it's appropriate.  The JAX-RPC spec
itself doesn't say anything about QName.  Probably because QName has been
defined in other locations by other specs and there's a stirring of people
to coalesce all these disparate QNames into one.  I wonder whether the
other QNames are final?

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Rich,

Although I can speculate about why you changed PrefixedQName so that it
delegates to QName instead of extending it, I'd be interested in *your*
rationale.

My rationale for using extension was that there could easily be cases where
it would be necessary to use a PrefixedQName where a QName was required,
e.g. as a parameter to a method. I applied the "is a" test and decided that
PrefixedQName is a QName.

I wouldn't mind your change if I understood and agreed with the rationale.

Thanks,

Glyn







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