> Stuart Roebuck wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 12:52 pm, Carsten Ziegeler wrote:
>
> >> Stuart Roebuck wrote:
> >>
> >> I wonder whether it would be worth considering renaming and/or
> clarifying
> >> the documentation of the modifiedSince() method defined in the
> Modifiable
> >> interface? The uses of this method in Cocoon appear to fit with the
> >> description of the method as implemented in AbstractServerPage, however
> >> this definition is probably the exact opposite of what you would expect
> >> for a method of this name, and I'm not sure that it is in keeping
> >> with the
> >> description in Modifiable.java.
> >>
> >> I would expect modifiedSince(date) to mean "has this object
> been modified
> >> since the given date, if it has return true".
> >>
> >> But the implementation is "has this object been modified since
> the given
> >> date, if *not* return true".
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, I can't think of a better name than:
> >> needsRefreshingGivenLastAffectingChangeDateOf(Date
> dateOfLastUpdate) :-
> >> )
> >>
> > Let me guess, you are a long time OpenStep (Cocoa, WebObjects) user?
> > Right?
> > If so, welcome. If not, you have managed half the way of learning it.
> >
> > Carsten
>
> I'm afraid you've completely lost me here. I've never used OpenStep or
> WebObjects, though I have played with Cocoa a little. Is this a joke
> about long method names?
>
Oh, what a pitty. Yes, it is. The method names of the OpenStep API (the
previous version of Cocoa) are very verbose and there often lengthy
which resulting in various contests where you searched the official
docs for the longest method name. I don't remember the exact class or
name, but there exists a rarely used method which name might be more
than 120 characters long!
The advantage of this method naming scheme is that it is so convenient
you can simply guess a method name without looking up the docs. Yeah,
that was a great time, unfortunately this is not possible with Java.
Ok, enough advertising. And please I don't want to start a thread about
method naming.
Putting it short: I like such methods names as they are very clear,
you don't have to read the docs! And I hoped to found another WO expert.
Carsten
> Stuart.
>
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