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Re: [XOM-interest] Node.howManyChildren(): getChildCount()

From: Rolf Lohaus <r.lohaus AT dkfz.de>
To: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
Cc: John Cowan <jcowan AT reutershealth.com>, Laurent Bihanic <laurent.bihanic AT atosorigin.com>, XOM-interest <XOM-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Node.howManyChildren(): getChildCount()
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:00:11 +0200

John Cowan wrote:

Elliotte Rusty Harold scripsit:

Possibly. howManyChildren is definitely one of my least favorite method names in XOM. However getChildCount doesn't seem too intuitive either. Is there precedent for it?

I like getChildCount quite a lot.

I agree, getChildCount is ok and somewhat widely spread.

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[XOM-interest] Tree walking , (continued)
- [XOM-interest] Tree walking, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 09/19/2002
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Tree walking, Johannes Döbler, 09/19/2002
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Tree walking, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 09/19/2002
- [XOM-interest] HTML Serializer, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 09/19/2002
  - Re: [XOM-interest] HTML Serializer, a student, 09/19/2002
- [XOM-interest] Element.getNamespacePrefix() vs Attribute.getPrefix(), Elliotte Rusty Harold, 09/19/2002
- [XOM-interest] Element.add(), Elliotte Rusty Harold, 09/19/2002
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Element.add(), John Cowan, 09/19/2002
- [XOM-interest] Node.howManyChildren(): getChildCount(), Elliotte Rusty Harold, 09/19/2002
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Node.howManyChildren(): getChildCount(), John Cowan, 09/19/2002
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Node.howManyChildren(): getChildCount(), Rolf Lohaus, 09/19/2002