Re: [Springframework-developer] FW: package dependency

[Colin S. <col...@ex...>]

Agreed, although frankly in retrospect NestRuntimeException probably 
belonged itself in util; it's incredibly useful for any environment 
which doesn't want to force JDK 1.4+ requirements (since all Exceptions 
can nest as of JDK 1.4, making the class superfluous).


Keith Donald wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> Juergen and discussed this: a dependency on util -> core is NOT 
> acceptable. “core” is intended for higher-level utilities used 
> throughout Spring, for generic, more complete abstractions like the 
> Resource API. It may depend on util, but not the other way around. 
> Util is intended for low-level helpers, and should not depend on any 
> other package but stuff in JDK 1.3. Both go in spring-core.jar.
>
> So in light of this, I’m relocating a good deal of packages from util 
> to core, the closure, enums, comparator, and string styler support, 
> respectively. This seems much better and solves the problem I was 
> facing: that is, a class needing NestedRuntimeException, which is in 
> the core.
>
> Keith
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* Keith Donald [mailto:ke...@in...]
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:30 PM
> *To:* 'spr...@li...'
> *Subject:* package dependency
>
> Is a package dependency from “util” to “core” acceptable? I could 
> really use NestedRuntimeException there...
>
> Keith
>
> Keith Donald
>
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