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  • From: "Michael Kay" <mike AT saxonica.com>
  • To: "'Blaine R Southam'" <bsoutham AT gmail.com>, <xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Node.query final
  • Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:39:05 +0100

> It doesn't
> seem that it would be harmful to allow the method to be overriden.

It wouldn't be harmful to allow it to be overridden by an implementation
that fulfils the contract - that is, one which conforms to the XQuery/XPath
specifications. But I suspect Elliotte is making it final because he knows
there are people like you who would like to replace it with a non-conformant
implementation. He tends to be fussy about this kind of thing, and I
sympathise. In the long run, you get more reliable systems if people don't
break interface contracts.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/







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