Berin, What I think about it... Isn't it too late to actually add and deprecate removed/renamed methods/variables? The release is out of the door - and does not have all this... To users of released version, this looks like adding new deprecated methods. What's your opinion?
Vadim > -----Original Message----- > From: Berin Loritsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WARNING] Version migrations are a headache! > > Berin Loritsch wrote: > > Does ANYONE remember what the value was for: > > Constants.SESSION_STATE_ATTRIBUTE? > > Or what it was replaced with? > > > The problem comes with changing dependencies and classnames. For > > example the > > SessionStateSelectorFactory has been renamed the SessionAttributeSelector. > > While the second is arguably a better name, please use deprecation so that > > users can be warned before the class is eliminated! > > > > Avalon Excalibur has a few classes which follow the following approach: > > > > /** > > * @deprecated Use ExcaliburComponentManager instead! > > */ > > class DefaultComponentManager extends ExcaliburComponentManager{} > > > > This way the functionality is the same, but the user is pointed to the > > correct version gracefully. > > > > It is a number of issues like this, the constant rearranging of the core > > components, etc. that make moving between Cocoon versions a headache. > > > > I honestly think we have a few too many different types of core components, > > and it would be better if they were rearranged a bit. > > > > This is especially true since people have portions of the cocoon.xconf > > file that are specialized to their site! > > > > DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! > > *Any* time you add a new abstract method to an abstract class, or change > > an abstract method on an abstract class--that change is NOT BACKWARDS > > COMPATIBLE! > > > > I have some specialized actions that extend > > AbstractComplimentaryConfigurableAction > > that are now broken because of this very thing. Now I have to figure out > > what changed! > > > > > > -- > > "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
