I'm a little bit uncertain. I myself get sometimes confused with the servlet classes while trying to understand the code. Than I hover over the variable and check where it is imported from. From that point of Web* would make sense.
On the other side what they actually handle are http requests. Or am I wrong and they are able to handle different protocols as well. I can't think of any currently, but lets say you use JMS to receive the requests and to return the responses. Http* would be "wrong" than. Again, I'm a bit uncertain. My gut feeldings are: change to Web* Juergen On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:35:43 -0800, Jonathan Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when there's something to be gained, i agree. like Session (which is > overloaded by hibernate). > i just feel like the Http* classes /aren't/ servlet classes. they're > abstractions and as such, i think > the name web is more familiar than http, which might get people thinking > the wrong things if > they look at code out of context... still, if other people agree that > the current names are best, > i'm willing to back off. i'd like to hear what eelco and juergen think... > > Gili wrote: > > > Personally I prefer the original naming. I have always felt > >that trying to avoid name conflicts even though the classes exist in > >two different packages is a waste of time. I actually *prefer* having > >wicket.util.List instead of some ambigious class name I am not used to. > >That's what IDEs are for. They resolve the classes for you and I really > >don't think it is such a big deal. I am much more interested in having > >the resulting code be readable, containing familiar class names, than > >have to learn all these new concepts. Just my 2 cents. > > > > I know Netbeans has a great auto-import engine. I suspect > >Eclipse does too. So why the hesitation to use familiar names? > > > >Gili > > > >On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 19:51:43 -0800, Jonathan Locke wrote: > > > > > > > >>i was thinking things would be more consistent and less confusing if we > >>didn't use the Http* names (because they conflict with servlet API class > >>names). > >> > >>so i was thinking of renaming: > >> > >>HttpRequest -> WebRequest > >>HttpRequestCycle -> WebRequestCycle > >>HttpReponse -> WebResponse > >>HttpSession -> WebSession > >> > >>the mock objects would stay the same since they are implementing the > >>actual servlet API interfaces > >> > >>this would have the benefit of matching the existing WebApplication > >>class and providing easy distinctions between the Web* Wicket > >>abstractions and the Http* servlet API stuff > >> > >>any thoughts? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > >>Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > >>Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > >>http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Wicket-develop mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > >Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > >Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > >_______________________________________________ > >Wicket-develop mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Wicket-develop mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Wicket-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop
