Re: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays

2002-12-28 Thread Steve Loughran
- Original Message - From: "Rajal Shah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 15:51 Subject: RE: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays > I see your point.. If business functionality changes though,

RE: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays

2002-12-20 Thread Garbis, Jason
> -Original Message- > From: Bill de hÓra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes > or arrays > > > Garbis, Jason wrote: > >

RE: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays

2002-12-19 Thread Rajal Shah
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Re: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays

2002-12-19 Thread Steve Loughran
- Original Message - From: "Rajal Shah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:27 Subject: RE: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays > Referring to more discussions on the Internet about versioning o

RE: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays

2002-12-19 Thread Rajal Shah
Referring to more discussions on the Internet about versioning of web services, this is what I recommend:   We need to create a versioning plan for our service that is extensible and one that also guarantees backward compatibility. I've tried out several approaches and that the best practic

Re: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays

2002-12-19 Thread Bill de hÓra
Garbis, Jason wrote: Your option 1 below, is pretty distasteful, since you're bypassing any typechecking, and (more importantly) excluding important information from the WSDL metadata. That is, a user would have to consult some external metadata to understand what is and isn't valid input. Thi

RE: Design question on using Java classes v/s hashes or arrays

2002-12-19 Thread Garbis, Jason
Hi folks, Rajal, you've hit on one of the difficulties of using WS for building a distributed system. WS is not a design center, it's a set of communication protocols. That is, there's no "there" there. Unlike OO systems (like CORBA, or COM, or even EJB) there's nothing to "hang your hat on"