Re: River and Backward Compatibility
Jim Hurley <[email protected]>
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Hi Greg- You're correct that the package names we will need to change in the Apache River project are com.sun.* to org.apache.* We don't plan to change the net.jini.* namespace. -Jim On Sep 5, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Greg Trasuk wrote: > When we talk about the package names changing, we are talking about > changing the com.sun.** classes to org.apache.** (at least that's what > I'm talking about). > > Myself, I don't have a lot of references to com.sun.* classes, as they > are mostly implementation (same as a servlet application has few > references to org.apache.tomcat.* classes). > > As far as I'm concerned, River doesn't need to change the net.jini.* > namespace any more than Tomcat has to change javax.servlet.*. In > other > words, it shouldn't. Am I mistaken, anyone? > > Cheers, > > Greg. > > On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 15:22, levmatta wrote: >> To people FOR compatibility I have a question. >> >> How is backwards compatibility going to be achieved if the package >> name is changing? >> Doesn't that blow the hole thing into pieces: >> - compiling does not work (but this could be a simple >> refactoring step) >> - running does not work, because class lookup will fail >> >> Realizing that in a production environment, one may not be able to >> recompile everything!!!! >> >> Chears >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----- >> Getting Started: http://www.jini.org/wiki/ >> Category:Getting_Started >> Community Web Site: http://jini.org >> jini-users Archive: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/jini- >> users.html >> Unsubscribing: email "signoff JINI-USERS" to >> [email protected] > -- > Greg Trasuk, President > StratusCom Manufacturing Systems Inc. - We use information > technology to > solve business problems on your plant floor. > http://stratuscom.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Getting Started: http://www.jini.org/wiki/Category:Getting_Started > Community Web Site: http://jini.org > jini-users Archive: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/jini- > users.html > Unsubscribing: email "signoff JINI-USERS" to > [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting Started: http://www.jini.org/wiki/Category:Getting_Started Community Web Site: http://jini.org jini-users Archive: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/jini-users.html Unsubscribing: email "signoff JINI-USERS" to [email protected]