On 2/15/07, Chris Hostetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
the ideal way to do this might be to add a "getDefault()" method to the IntParser and FloatParser interfaces ... but thta wouldn't be backwards compatible.
Interfaces vs abstract classes again :-) Users sometimes like interfaces better because they can essentially do multiple-inheritance, but providers (like us) should prefer abstract classes because it allows us to add new methods and provide backward compatible implementations. IndexReader.hasNorms(), Analyzer.getPositionIncrementGap(), etc, have all been possible to add in a back-compatible manner becuase they were based on classes and not interfaces. -Yonik --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
