Re: Change JavaXPCOM interfaces package name?

My opinion is that changing the package name to org.mozilla.interfaces 
is a good idea, however I should mention that this change would force 
all the developers using JavaXPCOM to change their projects if they want 
to use the newer versions of the library.

Artem

Javier Pedemonte wrote:

> Currently, all of the generated Mozilla interfaces are put in the 
> package "org.mozilla.xpcom".  In 
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330256, I tried to come up 
> with a better solution.
> 
> Ideally, the interfaces should their own package; as in 
> "org.mozilla.network", "org.mozilla.dom", "com.foo.bar" (as in a company 
> called Foo that wishes to release a Bar extension).  Unfortunately, 
> while XPIDL (the Mozilla interface language) has support for 
> 'namespaces', xpidl (the tool for processing Mozilla interfaces) assumes 
> a flat namespace.  So this solution is not viable at the moment.
> 
> Instead, I propose changing the package name to the more generic 
> "org.mozilla.interfaces".  That way, all the interfaces, including those 
> by a 3rd party, don't get lumped under 'xpcom'.  The Mozilla class and 
> related classes would stay under "org.mozilla.xpcom".
> 
> For those of you who have used JavaXPCOM, does this sound good?  Please 
> let me know.
> 
> 
> javier pedemonte
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