On 13/02/2014 12:54, Florian Weimer wrote:
Can we add further enumeration values to
java.net.StandardProtocolFamily? The spec does not say so, unlike
javax.lang.model.SourceVersion, and the code in the JDK expects a
binary flag, so I think the answer is "no".
Does this mean the expected way to add support for further protocol
families would be to create a separate implementation of
java.net.ProtocolFamily?
If there are protocol families that will be part of Java SE and
supported in all implementations then they could be added
StandardProtocolFamily. On the other hand, if this is platform or JDK
implementation specific then implementing ProtocolFamily is the way to
go (the enum extending interface pattern is something that we've used in
other areas too).
-Alan
