I don't think this is comparable. Map has those methods in relation to its basic operations. They are not utilities.
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:02:34 -0500, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:07:53 -0800, Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I cannot think of "[m]any" or even "any" larger Sun interfaces that > > include utility methods. Which ones do you have in mind? > > Map, for example, includes several optional operations. > > * http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/util/Map.html > > Another strategy is to have two standard ActionContext > implementations. One would contain only the operations required by the > framework. The other, a subclass of the first, would also contain > optional operations. > > Spring uses this approach to good effect with its ObjectFactory and > ApplicationContext members. Likewise, we could have a CoreContext > with only what Struts itself needs to get through the day. A larger > ApplicationContext could include the other optional methods that we > find useful when writing Struts applications. > > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]