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

From: Janek Bogucki <janekdb AT yahoo.co.uk>
To: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Canonicalizer and Serializer could implement a common interface
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:32:00 +0000 (GMT)

--- Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu> wrote:
> 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.
> --
>

I don't have a specific use case so it's probably the wrong side of 80/20.

-Janek

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[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