[jdom-interest] getChild() vs. getChildElements()

[Jools Enticknap]

Sorry, I can't agree with you on this one.

getChildElement()
getChildElements()

+1

I'm a programming geek, and I prefer the above.

And I said in my original mail on this issue.

<quote>

I prefer the getChildElement(), and the getChildElements().

My first justification is that for non native english speakers Child and
Children are not intuative. Element and Elements is.

Secondly it's explicity stating it's job, rather than implying it.

</quote>


--Jools


On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Jason Hunter wrote:

> > etc. It should very clearly be:
> > 
> > getChildElement()
> > getChildElements()
> 
> -1
> 
> I had a long explanation written, then my mailer crashed, and it's too
> late and I'm too tired to recreate the message.  But... as someone who
> *uses* the API, I want the method names to remain convenient.  This is
> an API for the programming geeks, not the XML geeks.  They already have
> DOM.
> 
> The goal with getChildElement() is to reduce confusion for the new user
> (probably not necessary since we had zero jdom-interest questions about
> this from new users) at the cost of convenience for the regular user.  I
> do see your point, but I'm not willing to give up my convenience.  With
> getChildElement() the method I would use most would have to be named
> getChildElementTextTrim() and about the 10th time I call that method in
> a row (since you call these accessor methods a lot) I'm going to get as
> fed up with JDOM as I was with DOM.  Well, maybe not *that* annoyed, but
> close.  :-)
> 
> I was willing to listen to what other users said and would have been
> swayed had we seen a groundswell of support for the change.  I would
> have figured maybe I was just crazy.  But among the list members who
> commented the majority wanted the name to stay getChild(), 4 to 3.  And
> because among the ones wanting the getChild() name was James Davidson
> (Java/XML guy at Sun, JAXP spec lead, for those who don't know), that
> makes me even more inclined to keep the status quo.
> 
> -jh-
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