When you have protocol _data_ it makes sense that the object is called DataBuffer.
;-) On 9/18/07, Jeroen Brattinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LOL! I have to agree on DataBuffer, it sounds nice. OctetBuffer sounds a > little too farfetched, IMO. > > > Jeroen Brattinga > > > Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: > > 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 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >
