[jdom-interest] new element methods?

[Eric VERGNAUD]

le 17/07/03 12:15, Elliotte Rusty Harold à elharo at metalab.unc.edu a écrit :

> In my opinion, JDOM has too many such methods already. However, the
> fact is every method you add makes the problem worse. Again, in
> isolation there's no problem with any of the methods you propose.
> Considered with he effect on the rest of the API though, it's a
> rapidly growing disaster. Everyone has their own favorite convenience
> methods. We simply can't provide or support them all, and if we
> tried, it would just make JDOM way too bulky and unwieldy to learn
> and use.

I don't share this opinion. I think that everything that helps make the app
code less verbose is welcome. Isn't that precisely the goal of ANY library
in the first place ?

Maybe there could be a BasicElement, with a strict API, and a RichElement
with a more convenient API ?

Eric