Hi Christoph, as far as I remember there was no special thougth with respect to mutable vs. immutable behind the implementation of the MimeTypes class (maybe there should have been :-) So as long as nobody else is chiming in, feel free to do what you think is best.
Tobias On 27.09.2012, at 15:01, Christoph Drießen <[email protected]> wrote: > Working on ticket http://opencast.jira.com/browse/MH-9210 I found myself > wondering about the mutable nature of the MimeType class. MimeType is such a > simple data holder that there is no use to it. In fact it's a drawback. I > don't want to open the discussion about mutable state in general -- since I > assume everyone is familiar with the issues that mutable state causes > especially in a distributed, parallel system like Matterhorn -- but I'd like > to ask if anyone has any objections to making it immutable. > > Thanks, > Christoph > > > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn > > > To unsubscribe please email > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Matterhorn mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn To unsubscribe please email [email protected] _______________________________________________
