Gonzalo, >>> Btw. There was a question on IRC about why the package name doesn't >>> match the website name (zeromq.org vs. zmq.org). >>> >>> Any thoughts? >> Beats me. It was that way when I started looking into things. I can >> change it to zeromq.org in a patch after the one that changes error >> handling. >> >> When I do this change, I will introduce the top-level "namespace" (as > an >> all -encompassing class). Should that be ZMQ (nice but inconsistent), >> ZeroMQ (nice), Zeromq (yikes), other? > > HEADS UP! > > As previously discussed, my next patch to the Java binding will include: > > * Changing the package name from zmq.org to zeromq.org. > * Adding a top-level ZQM "namespace", this is, a single public class > that will include all current public classes (Context, Socket, Poller) > and constants (PUB, SUB, POLL, etc.). > > With the proposed changes, the Java binding would now look like this: > > import org.zeromq.ZMQ; // NOT org.zmq.ZMQ!!! > ... > ZMQ.Context c = new ZMQ.Context(0, 0); > ZMQ.Socket s = new ZMQ.Socket(c, ZMQ.PUB); > ... > ZMQ.Poller p = new ZMQ.Poller(c, 3); > ... > > In other words, all classes AND CONSTANTS will reside directly under the > ZQM namespace. > > This is a change in the public API for the Java binding; hence the heads > up. If anybody opposes this or has any comments, this is the moment to > speak up. > > Now, another question. Since I would be changing the public API, perhaps > this is also the moment to introduce another change: > > import org.zeromq.ZMQ; // NOT org.zmq.ZMQ!!! > ... > ZMQ.Context c = ZMQ.context(0, 0); > ZMQ.Socket s = c.socket(ZMQ.PUB); > ... > ZMQ.Poller p = c.poller(3); > ...
I am personally voting for the change! While it may be painful (but not excruciatingly painful) for those already using the binding to catch up, it means that Java binding will have _standardised_ API, same as any other language binding. That, in turn, will save a lot of pain for those moving between different languages. Martin _______________________________________________ zeromq-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev
