Personally, I think the bar for inclusion of classes ought to be higher than 
one protocol, but I don't have a more definitive bar to set.  The 
DomainNameClass most likely exceeds my nebulous bar, but I think we should get 
through the basics first.


On Oct 20, 2011, at 04:49, Marc Blanchet wrote:

> maybe useful, but I think we should do the "least" amount of classes, 
> criteria being that at least one protocol is using it. This would be for the 
> framework document. Obviously, a protocol can define a sub-class or else. So 
> if we see right now a protocol that would be using a new class, I think it is 
> a good idea to put it in the framework, otherwise leave it.
> 
> Marc.
> 
> Le 2011-10-19 à 19:03, Dave Thaler a écrit :
> 
>> Currently NameClass is pretty generic.  I'm wondering whether it would make 
>> sense to define any
>> more complex concepts/subclasses.
>> 
>> For example DomainNameClass might be a subclass with a specific set of 
>> default
>> values of Valid, Disallowed, Case Mapping, etc.
>> 
>> We might also define the concept of a ComplexClass, which would mean that 
>> the string has
>> some internal structure (e.g., delimiter) where each portion might naturally 
>> map to another
>> class (SecretClass, NameClass, or whatever).   For example an email address 
>> is a ComplexClass,
>> which is itself composed of two pieces with different classes (left side and 
>> right side of @).
>> 
>> Useful or not useful?
>> 
>> -Dave
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