MinaByteBuffer would fit me. I don't like OctetBuffer too much, even if I'm french. What if M$ sudddenly decide that an Octet is 9 bits (8 bits for the data, plus 1 bit as a M$ tax to pay M$ fin to the EU ?:)
On 9/18/07, Niklas Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trustin Lee wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > It is often confusing to discriminate MINA ByteBuffer and NIO > > ByteBuffer. Do we need renaming? I didn't have much difficulties > > actually because most Java code doesn't use both types at the same > > time. > > > > There was an opinion about renaming it to MinaByteBuffer, but I don't > > think it's the best name available for us. I think DataBuffer, > > ExtendedByteBuffer, ExtendedBuffer or just Buffer might also be a > > candidate. There's Buffer in NIO, too, but nobody uses that class > > directly. > > > > I'd like to find the best name; short and not confusing one. Please > > don't hesitate to respond to this message with your idea so we can > > find out the best alternative. > > > > Trustin > > > Since MINA's ByteBuffer doesn't inherit from java.nio.ByteBuffer I think > the names ending in ByteBuffer (especially ExtendedByteBuffer) could be > confusing. I think I prefer just calling it Buffer. > > Or maybe OctetBuffer? According to Wikipedia > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_%28computing%29): > > "Octet, with the only exception noted below, always refers to an entity > having exactly eight bits. As such, it is often used where the term byte > might be ambiguous. For that reason, computer networking standards > almost exclusively use octet." > > Also > > "In France, French Canada and Romania, the word octet usually means byte" > > This would make all the French and Romainian MINA users happy! :-) > > -- > Niklas Therning > www.spamdrain.net > > -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
