[webbeans-dev] Terminology

[Gavin King]

OK, so does anyone in the group *object* to the term "contextual bean"
for what is currently called a "web bean"?



On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Matt Drees <matt.drees at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 21 Dec 2008, at 07:32, Gavin King wrote:
>>
>>> Oracle have proposed that we remove the term "Web Bean" from the
>>> specification. I'm therefore searching for alternative terminology.
>>> Please let me know your opinions and suggestions.
>>>
>>> Here's one possibility:
>>>
>>> Web Bean -> injectable type
>>> simple Web Bean -> injectable Java class
>>> enterprise Web Bean -> injectable EJB
>>
>> I really don't like this.
>
> Me either.
>
>>
>>> Or:
>>>
>>> Web Bean -> contextual type
>>> simple Web Bean -> contextual Java class
>>> enterprise Web Bean -> contextual EJB
>>
>> This is better.
>
>
> I agree.
>
>>
>>
>> As I said before, I prefer bean to type/class/EJB
>
>
> Yeah, "bean" seems less overloaded than the other terms here.
>
>>
>> Web Bean -> contextual bean
>> simple Web Bean -> contextual JavaBean
>> enterprise Web Bean -> contextual EJB
>
>
>
> On the whole, though, I think Web Beans is a better name.  It has a lot of
> recognition already.  It seems less boring than the alternatives mentioned
> here.
> I also feel like "simple web bean" will be easier for me to say as I talk to
> my coworkers about them; "contextual Java class" doesn't come out as nice.
>
>
> I understand that the "web" part of web beans is non optimal, but I haven't
> seen anything that I believe is better.  If I think of something I'll speak
> up.
>
> -Matt Drees
>



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