Simon,
I believe that the "org.oasis_open" package name is the result of
applying the convention suggested in the Java Language Specification
(Third Edition, section 7.7) to the "oasis-open.org" domain name. So at
least it's not completely arbitrary.
I too think that it'd be better if OASIS owned a domain name that
resulted in a more conventional Java package name.
On the other hand, given the widespread use of IDEs, I don't see the
proposed package name as being more than mildly annoying.
--Roberto
Simon Nash wrote:
> I'm not very happy with the decision that Mary sent out. The package
> prefix she is suggesting seems very cumbersome and contrary to normal Java
> naming conventions. We'll all have to get used to saying "org dot oasis
> underscore open dot sca dot ComponentContext" (etc.).
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> It's the cumbersome and unconventional new package name prefix that is the
> main issue from my perspective. The change from osoa could be argued
> either way, depending on how much change we make to the details of the
> APIs.
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> Simon
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> "Barack, Ron" <>
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> [sca-j] ISSUE-28: Package Name Changes
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> http://www.osoa.org/jira/browse/JAVA-28
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> Von: Patil, Sanjay [mailto:]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. Februar 2008 19:50
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> Betreff: [sca-j] NEW ISSUE: Package Name Changes
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> RAISER: Sanjay Patil
> TARGET: Java Common Annotations and APIs Specification
> DESCRIPTION:
> The Java Common Annotations and APIs Specification uses the 'org.osoa.sca'
> package name for the API and 'org.osoa.sca.annotations' package name for
> the annotations. There exist a good number of commercial and open source
> software implementations of SCA that use the current package names. It
> will be painful for these implementations to maintain backward
> compatibility if the package names in the final version of the
> specifications are going to be different from the current package names.
> It is not clear whether the OASIS SCA-J TC would bless use of the current
> package names in the final versions of the specifications or not.
> PROPOSAL:
> Continue to use the current package names (org.osoa.sca,
> org.osoa.sca.annotations) in the final specifications.
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