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[XOM-interest] why is Element.toString() final?

From: Steve Loughran <steve.loughran AT gmail.com>
To: xom-interest <xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [XOM-interest] why is Element.toString() final?
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:19:07 +0000

Given that it is primarily for debugging, why is Element.toString() final?

it stops subclasses extending it by doing things like including their
text value as part of the debug information, or printing other aspects
of their (custom) state.

-steve

[XOM-interest] why is Element.toString() final?, Steve Loughran, 12/09/2005
- Re: [XOM-interest] why is Element.toString() final?, Elliotte Harold, 12/09/2005
  - Re: [XOM-interest] why is Element.toString() final?, Steve Loughran, 12/09/2005
    - Re: [XOM-interest] why is Element.toString() final?, Noam Tamim, 12/21/2005
      - Re: [XOM-interest] why is Element.toString() final?, Steve Loughran, 12/21/2005
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] why is Element.toString() final?, Noam Tamim, 12/24/2005