[jdom-interest] Test - Expanding <script> element.

Jason Hunter jhunter at xquery.com
Mon Mar 21 23:52:07 PST 2005


> I start to put code in XMLOutputter.setFormat to copy all fields from
> userFormat to preserveFormat except the ones related to formating (setIndent
> and setTexMode). But then if a field was ever added to Format or the text modes
> change, then we'd have to remember to also change XMLOutputter. It just seemed
> better to keep things in one place.
> 
> Brad

That's no different from the status quo.  Today if you add a Format text 
mode, that new mode means nothing unless you also change XMLOutputter. 
The two classes are already tightly coupled.  Format is in essence a 
struct used by XMLOutputter.  There are patterns where the XMLOutputter 
could rely on code rather than property values in the Format class, but 
we haven't done that.  So thus I don't see the extra knowledge between 
the two classes as a problem.  :)

-jh-



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