True, but the term "builder" in the org.apache.commons.lang.builder sense of the word means "a thing that helps me build a method". After all, "EqualsBuilder" is named such because it helps me build an equals() method, not because it builds a thing called an "equals".
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 14:10:45 -0500 > >Hi, > >>I would be happy to incorporate it into >org.apache.commons.lang.builder, >>but there's just something about this categorization that bugs me a >little: >>Isn't the term "builder" a bit misleading here? After all, Jestr >doesn't >>really care if I am building a toString() method or not, and if I am >>stringifying some legacy or third party class, then what exactly am I >>"building"? > >You're building the string representation of that object. > >Yoav Shapira > > > >This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and >may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This >e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be >saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) >intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system >and notify the sender. Thank you. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
