The packaging has been taken up by other names, module is now a java only construct.
Thks, Amol On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Sandesh Hegde <[email protected]> wrote: > Earlier the vision was, module can contain widgets/UI along with the > operators. So it made sense to have that name. > If that is not the case then +1 for CompositeOperator > > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:53 PM Amol Kekre <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Good point. +1 > > > > Thks > > Amol > > > > > > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Sasha Parfenov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > +1. > > > > > > Everybody is already familiar with concept of an Operators in Apex. It > > is > > > best to keep that terminology, and use CompositeOperator to indicate > they > > > related to Operators, rather than introduce a new concept of Modules. > > > > > > This will also have a significant impact on documentation, where word > > > Operator can continue to serve interchangeably for Operator or > > > CompositeOperator, instead of always having to say "Operators and > > Modules". > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sasha > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 4:10 PM, David Yan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > From the javadoc of com.datatorrent.api.Module in Apex Core: > > > > > > > > A Module is a component which can be added to the DAG similar to the > > > > operator, using addModule API. The module should implement > populateDAG > > > > method, which will be called by the platform, and DAG populated by > the > > > > module will be replaced in place of the module. > > > > > > > > However, the word "module" is very overloaded, and it is too abstract > > and > > > > general to describe the concept. The same term is also used by maven > > for > > > > example. > > > > > > > > Since the interface is marked "Evolving" and because of the recent > > > > introduction, there are very few users using it if any, I would like > to > > > > propose that we change the name "Module" to "CompositeOperator". > > > > > > > > Please share your opinion. Thanks! > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > >
