Q: General Requirement and XMLDBException

2002-04-03 Thread Ford, Trevor
> Hello Everyone. > > Given that all of the listed implementations are in Java, are there any > plans to evolve the requirement that "The API MUST NOT preclude the usage > with more than one language binding" into something more relaxed (and > perhaps more in the favour of Object Oriented

Q: Packages

2002-04-03 Thread Ford, Trevor
Hello Everyone. A design point question: what is the reason for having ResourceSet in the "base" package, when it is only used in the "modules" package? A question which follows on from the first is: why are there two packages? It looks as if there are two packages to make the "Core Levels"

Q: Types / Sizes

2002-04-03 Thread Ford, Trevor
Hello Everyone. In the JavaDoc for "Collection", the method "getResourceCount()" is defined to have a return type of "int". The JavaDoc for the "getSize()" method of "ResourceSet" shows a return type of "long" This seems rather mysterious: a ResourceSet can theorectically hold more Resources

Q: Intent of ResourceSet.addResource() / removeResource()

2002-04-03 Thread Ford, Trevor
Hello Everyone. This question is more implementation oriented: should the "addResource()" and "removeResource()" methods of "ResourceSet" operate persistently? (That is, should removing a Resource from a ResourceSet remove it from the underlying datastore too? Or just remove it from the

Q: Schema for ResourceSet.getMembersAsResource()

2002-04-03 Thread Ford, Trevor
Hello Everyone. The subject says it all: what is the progress of defining a schema for [the result of] the "getMembersAsResource()" method of "ResourceSet" ? Is there some "work in progress" level design document that I have overlooked? Thanks, Trevor.