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.
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