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<P><FONT SIZE=2>could you unsubscribe the netivation address and keep the medinex one.. i seem to be getting two of each email</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: James Duncan Davidson [<A HREF="mailto:duncan@x180.com">mailto:duncan@x180.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:40 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: philip.nelson@omniresources.com; jdom-interest@jdom.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [jdom-interest] Important proposal: Element/Document</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>changes</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>on 7/25/00 7:15 AM, philip.nelson@omniresources.com at</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>philip.nelson@omniresources.com wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I am not overwhelmed by this proposal. Not because the ideas aren't good,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> but because they aren't that much improved over the current api.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The API is showing a bit of maturity. :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>> Is that true? Naming this method getContent() might be nicer but that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> will cause subtle bugs to existing code. This also makes it clear the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> List may contain various types of objects.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> getContent would be better of course. Fine with all whitespace. Since the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> old getContent returned a String, wouldn't the compiler catch those?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Actually, given that this is pre-1.0 and you have a chance to fix something</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-- and everybody using this code *should* know that things can change willy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>nilly -- are we sure that this isn't a good time to cut to the chase and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>just name getContent what it is?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I know that the door is closing fast -- but the door will never be open</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>again and you'll have to live with this for a long time. OTOH The most</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>compelling argument is that it's documented in the book.. So there's legacy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>there that cannot be recaptured.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>.duncan</FONT>
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