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Re: [XOM-interest] Canonicalizer and Serializer could implement a common interface

From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
To: Janek Bogucki <janekdb AT yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Canonicalizer and Serializer could implement a common interface
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:29:52 -0500

At 12:16 AM +0000 11/21/03, Janek Bogucki wrote:

Canonicalizer is no longer a subclass of Serializer but they can be united from a client's point
of view with an appropriate interface.

Would that actually help anybody do anything though? Would anybody actually want to use Canonicalizers and Serializers as instances of a common superclass? It feels like an interface for interface's sake. I don't see what problem is solved by adding it.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
elharo AT metalab.unc.edu
Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA

[XOM-interest] Canonicalizer and Serializer could implement a common interface, Janek Bogucki, 11/20/2003
- Re: [XOM-interest] Canonicalizer and Serializer could implement a common interface, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 11/20/2003
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Canonicalizer and Serializer could implement a common interface, Janek Bogucki, 11/21/2003
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Canonicalizer and Serializer could implement a common interface, John Cowan, 11/21/2003