Re: [TM4J-users] [Tm4j-developers] TopicMapObject.equalsByID - is it really needed?

[Conal T. <con...@vu...>]

Hi Xuân

I'm not convinced, actually.

It seems to me you should have introduced a new, TMDM-flavoured
TopicMapObject interface, rather than changing the old, XTM
1.0-flavoured interface.

As you yourself pointed out, the getID() method isn't appropriate for
TMDM-based topicmaps, so a distinct interface for TMDM TopicMapObjects
is probably better (rather than an extended one, with "deprecated"
bits).

Personally, I think your effort to unify the XTM 1 and TMDM models is
too ambitious (although I don't know how you intend to achieve this
goal, because you haven't described your plan). It seems to me though
that you should instead have two distinct models, and to use a layering
approach to unify them. The two models are IMHO not sufficiently
compatible to be simply "merged" (as you have started to do).

Mainly, though, I just think it's important to fully discuss these kinds
of disruptive changes before instituting them, or else they should be
done in a branch. The trunk is not the proper place for this kind of
speculative work.

Regards

Con

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Conal Tuohy
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