> >I do not like the names of ~Support classes. ~Support or ~Helper indicate > >(for me) > >that these are Helper classes with (often static) utility functions. In > the > >Java API I think > >I have found the usage of Abstract~ or Base~ much more often for classes > > You've missed an important difference between Helper classes and > Base/Abstract classes. Helper classes allow composition/reuse outside of > a > class hierarchy. Abstract class' methods can only be used by subclasses. >
Thanks for expressing that much better than I could. So the ~Suppport classes _are_ Base/Abstract classes, since they are abstract and only used by subclassing in Clazz, aren't they? Victor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
