Re: Changes in the JavaPlatform API

Tomas Zezula wrote:

>>> The question is what to put into base EditionType, according to me 
>>> it should have at least SE type.
>>>
Wouldn't it be enough to use String identification of the platform 
instead of introducing special class which is empty anyway and serves 
for identification purposes only. It's not clear to me who will use this 
identification anyway - PlatformService implementations, the project 
when referencing used paltform, ...?

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>>>> Another thought -- what all functions will the tag serve for ? 
>>>> Isn't "aPlatform instanceof the_edition_specific_subtype" 
>>>> expression sufficient to lurk for a specific platform edition ? 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't want to have a test of edition type using instanceof, for me 
>>> it seems better to define an explicit method for that.
>>
Well, but implementation of PlatformService will have to typecast for 
specific platform type anyway if it will want to check additional 
parameters like specification version, etc.

-vita