Jukka Zitting schrieb:
Hi,
On 11/22/06, Julian Reschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
No, the point is that in JSR-170 it is possible that for a given node
type N, the NodeType interface will only return residual property
definitions (because the set of property definitions on this node type
may be very large), while Property.getPropertyDefinition() will return a
non-residual definition (because in this case, the property name is
known in advance, so the size problem above doesn't matter).
Are you sure this is OK? At least it breaks the following symmetry:
That's what I'm trying to find out...
PropertyDefinition definition = property.getDefinition();
NodeType type = definition.getDeclaringNodeType();
assert
Arrays.asList(type.getDeclaredPropertyDefinitions()).contains(definition);
Question here is whether that symmetry is guaranteed (maybe JSR-283 can
clarify that), and whether breaking the symmetry provides any useful
additional information to the client...
I would return the residual node definition from
Property.getDefinition() unless the underlying more specific
definition has been explicitly exposed through the NodeType API.
Best regards, Julian
