[jboss-dev] Abstract classes?

[Jason T. Greene]

The only problem is that names are meaningless unless they communicate 
something to someone besides the person assigning the name.

Dimitris Andreadis wrote:
> That was the explanation I got, at some point:
> 
> "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in a rather a scornful tone, "it 
> means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less."
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Ales Justin wrote:
>> I don't think they were ever truly abstract.
>>
>> It just indicates that they are there as a default impl,
>> which you can easily override if in need of something more.
>>
>> I agree with you that it's probably not the best name choice,
>> it could be Base or really Default,
>> but I think you should ping Adrian to explain you the real motivation 
>> behind the name.
>>
>> David M. Lloyd wrote:
>>> I think they *were* abstract at one point, but then someone realized 
>>> that they shouldn't be, for whatever reason.  Seems like a bit of a 
>>> design red flag to me though.
>>>
>>> - DML
>>>
>>> On 05/25/2009 04:19 AM, Jaikiran Pai wrote:
>>>> I have seen many classes in some JBoss core projects whose names 
>>>> start with "Abstract" but the classes are *not* abstract. Just to 
>>>> cite an example, there's AbstractInjectionValueMetaData - not 
>>>> picking on this specific class, but this is just an example. Any 
>>>> reason why we are naming them Abstract?
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>> -Jaikiran
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