RE: New simple API version with aspect support

Hi Rodrigo

I made some small changes to the IDL in the current draft 1c of the Simple API. I found that the Eclipse Plug In I am using for IDL does not like methods in exceptions so changed them to member fields. Also I changed the reference to stringArray to StringArray.

I really don't know anything about IDL so not sure whether this was the right thing to do, but at least it stopped Eclipse complaining.

Jo



> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-ddwg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-ddwg-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Rodrigo Garcia Acevedo
> Sent: 12 February 2008 10:33
> To: José Manuel Cantera Fonseca
> Cc: public-ddwg@w3.org
> Subject: RE: New simple API version with aspect support
> 
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> I support Jose's point about dropping the string methods to work with more
> specific types as it makes the API more robust and flexible (later on
> those classes could be easily extended through inheritance, etc).
> I also like the idea of adding the factory methods like newPropertyName
> and newAspectName and the cataloguing functions. I don't think they are
> neither cumbersome nor difficult to use.
> 
> Just two comments:
> - To be totally consistent throughout the API, the vocabularyIRI string
> should be wrapped in a specific type with its own factory method too,
> shouldn't it?
> - The listProperties(string vocabularyIRI) should throw a NameException
> too.
> 
> Best regards,
> Rodrigo.
> 
> Btw, I uploaded the IDL for the current Simple API to the Morfeo's
> repository.
> 
> svn: https://svn.morfeo-project.org/svn/ddr-ri/trunk/Simple/API/idl
> http: https://forge.morfeo-
> project.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/trunk/Simple/API/idl/?root=ddr-ri
> 
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> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: public-ddwg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-ddwg-request@w3.org] En
> nombre de José Manuel Cantera Fonseca
> Enviado el: lunes, 11 de febrero de 2008 18:07
> Para: José Manuel Cantera Fonseca
> CC: public-ddwg@w3.org
> Asunto: Re: New simple API version with aspect support
> 
> 
> The new version can be downloaded from SVN at
> 
> https://svn.morfeo-project.org/svn/ddr-ri/trunk/Simple/API/java/DevInfo-
> Simple-API
> 
> The code can be browsed in
> 
> https://forge.morfeo-
> project.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/trunk/Simple/API/java/DevInfo-
> Simple-API/?root=ddr-ri
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> José Manuel Cantera Fonseca escribió:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > As agreed I have just uploaded a new version of the Java simple API
> > for DD. The new version includes aspect support and the cataloguing
> > functions supported by Jo. Also it includes the new newProperty
> > factory methods that avoid dealing directly with Strings in the
> > getProperty methods.
> >
> > Please note that the getPropertyValue methods do not deal with Strings
> > and I think this is part of the beauty of this API compared to WURFL's
> > (btw Luca has just announced a new version of the WURFL API :) ).
> >
> > IMHO saying that something is String is saying nothing, but using
> > something more specifically typed is good for our interface and for
> > standardization purposes.
> >
> > That's all for now
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> >
> 
> 
>

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