[bv-dev] Making ElementDescriptor.Kind a top-level type

[Emmanuel Bernard]

We now have javax.validation.ElementKind
which unfortunately clashes with the JDK ElementKind class.
Constrained and Validated prefixes do not work as technically we could
have non constrained (maybe non constrainable elements) in this enum as
we use it to describe Node kinds.

Anyone with a good name idea, go go go!

Emmanuel

On Mon 2013-02-11 14:26, Gunnar Morling wrote:
> Experts,
> 
> Currently the enumeration Kind (as returned by ElementDescriptor#getKind())
> is an inner enum of the ElementDescriptor interface.
> 
> In order to allow for its future re-use in other contexts, independent from
> element descriptors, it seems reasonable to make this a top-level type.
> Unfortunately the natural names, ElementKind and ElementType are taken by
> JDK types, and if possible we should avoid a collision with these.
> Candidates are
> 
> * ConstrainedElementKind
> * ValidatedElementKind
> 
> Any preferences or other suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Gunnar

> _______________________________________________
> beanvalidation-dev mailing list
> beanvalidation-dev at lists.jboss.org
> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/beanvalidation-dev